First nationwide survey of the health of schoolchildren in Chad

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 625-630

  Beasley, Michael ^a   Brooker, Simon ^a   Ndinaromtan, Montanan ^a   Madjiouroum, Ester M ^a   Baboguel, Marie ^a   Djenguinabe, Elie ^a   Bundy, Don A P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Chad; Goitre; Hookworm; Schistosomiasis; Schoolchildren; Stunting; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHAD; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL; SUDAN; TROPICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHAD; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

CHAD;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0036305929     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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