The prevalence of malnutrition and geo-helminth infections among primary schoolchildren in Rural Kelantan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 339-345

  Zulkifli, A ^a   Khairul Anuar, A ^b   Atiya, A S ^b   Yano, A ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; TRICHURIASIS;

ASCARIASIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0034200756     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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