Prevalence of intestinal parasites among school children in Deir El-Balah town in Gaza Strip, Palestine [12]

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 273-275

  Al Hindi, Adnan Ibrahim ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINE PARASITE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALESTINE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036588276     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.273     Document Type: Letter

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