Fecal occult blood testing of Trichuris-infected primary school children in northeastern peninsular Malaysia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 165-166

  Raj, S Mahendra ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSENTERY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WORM EGG;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; NEMATODA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 0344609690     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.165     Document Type: Article

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