The health status of rural school children in the Amazon basin of Ecuador

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 379-382

  San Sebastián, Miguel ^a,c   Santi, Santiago ^b  

^a 'Aguarico' Project   (Ecuador)

^b 'Sandi Yura' Comm Hlth Workers A   (Ecuador)

^c Proyecto Aguarico   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; ECUADOR; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OTITIS; PARASITOSIS; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SKIN INFECTION; TINEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0033371857     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.6.379     Document Type: Article

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