Intestinal helminthiases and their control with albendazole among primary schoolchildren in riverine communities of ondo state, Nigeria

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 214-217

  Oyewole, F ^a   Ariyo, F ^a   Sanyaolu, A ^a   Oyibo, W A ^b,e   Faweya, T ^c   Monye, P ^a   Ukpong, M ^a   Okoro, C ^d  

^a Central Public Health Laboraroy   (Nigeria)

^b Medcare Program for Afica   (Nigeria)

^c CHEVRON NIGERIA LIMITED   (Nigeria)

^d Smithkline Beecham   (Nigeria)

^e Medcare Program for Africa   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NIGERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NIGERIA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0036596902     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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