Schistosomiasis: Impact on childhood and adolescent growth, malnutrition, and morbidity

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-274

  McGarvey, Stephen T ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VECTOR CONTROL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0033744770     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/spid.2000.9642     Document Type: Article

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