Intestinal helminth infections among school children in visakhapatnam

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 669-673

  Paul, Indrani ^a,b   Gnanamani, G ^a   Nallam, N R ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Ascaris lumbricoides; Hookworm; Trichuris Trichiura

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033187206     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02726249     Document Type: Article

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