Infestation of three intestinal worms in children of three selected rural areas, Bangladesh

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-396

  Khanum, Hamida ^a   Chawdhury, Shahjada ^a   Bhuiyan, Zarine Jahan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anaemic; Demographic characters; Worm burden

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033491750     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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