Quantitative assessment of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in school children from a slum in Visakhapatnam, south India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 572-575

  Paul, Indrani ^a   Gnanamani, G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033187361     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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