Intestinal helminth infections, anaemia and labour productivity of female tea pluckers in Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 449-457

  Gilgen, D D ^a,b,c   Mascie Taylor, C G N C G N ^a,b   Rosetta, L L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Universit Paris 8   (France)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Deworming; Iron supplementation; Labour productivity; Tea pluckers; Trichuris and hookworm infections

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAEMIA; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ALBENDAZOLE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; BANGLADESH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOLIC ACID; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SICK LEAVE; TEA; TRICHURIASIS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0035004745     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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