Six-monthly de-worming in infants to study effects on growth

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 823-827

  Awasthi, Shally ^a,b   Pande, Vinod Kumar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b C 29 Sector C ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; De worming; Growth; Infant; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0034784069     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02762101     Document Type: Article

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