Epidemiology of intestinal helminth infestations among schoolchildren in southern Uganda

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 283-286

  Kabatereine, N B ^a   Tukahebwa, E M ^a,b   Brooker, S ^b   Alderman, H ^c   Hall, A ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 0035542147     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i6.9019     Document Type: Article

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