An analysis of individual, household, and environmental risk factors for intestinal helminth infection among children in Qena Governorate, Upper Egypt

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-17

  Curtale, Filippo ^a,d   Pezzotti, Patrizio ^a   Saad, Youshri Sobhy ^b   Aloi, Antonio ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Italy)

^d c/o Italian Embassy   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032968585     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.1.14     Document Type: Article

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