Impact of parasitic infections and dietary intake on child growth in the schistosomiasis-endemic dongting lake Region, China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 534-539

  Zhou, Huan ^a   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^a   He, Yongkang ^b   Yuan, Liping ^b   Yamauchi, Taro ^a   Sleigh, Adrian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOOD SMEAR; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; DIET; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLOPSIASIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICHURIS; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HELMINTHIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 20544433932     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.534     Document Type: Article

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