Intestinal parasitic diseases in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Prevalence, sociodemographic and environmental associates

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 184-189

  Al Shammari, S ^a   Khoja, T ^b   El Khwasky, F ^b   Gad, A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Intestinal parasitic infections; Risk factors; Saudi Arabia; Sewage disposal; Water disposal

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PARASITIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY SIZE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPHOZOITE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0035073758     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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