Worm infestation and anaemia: A public health problem among tribal pre-school children of Madhya Pradesh

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 100-105

  Rao, V G ^a   Yadav, R ^a   Bhondeley, M K ^a   Das, S ^a   Agrawal, M C ^b   Tiwary, R S ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEFECATION; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEMATODE; PARASITOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORM INFECTION; FEMALE; INDIA; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 1542635238     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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