Protein-energy malnutrition and soil-transmitted helminthiases among Orang Asli children in Selangor, Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-194

  Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M S ^a   Azlin, M ^a   Nor Aini, U ^a   Shaik, A ^a   Sa'iah, A ^b   Fatmah, M S ^a   Ismail, M G ^a   Ahmad, Firdaus ^a   Aisah, M Y ^a   Rozlida, A R ^a   Norhayati, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b Ministry of Rural Development   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aborigine; Ascariasis; Giardiasis; Hookworm infection; Intestinal parasitic infections; Malaysia; Orang Asli; Protein energy malnutrition in children; Selangor; Soil transmitted helminthiases; Stunting; Trichuriasis; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 20044363138     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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