Impact of sanitation and health education on intestinal parasite infection among primary school aged children of Sherpur, Bangladesh

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Hosain, G M Monawar ^a   Saha, Subas ^b   Begum, Afroza ^c  

^a Gono University   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^c Huey P Long Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SANITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASCARIASIS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; TOILET FACILITIES;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 0038385427     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300306     Document Type: Article

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