Giardiasis as a predictor of childhood malnutrition in Orang Asli children in Malaysia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 686-691

  Al Mekhlafi, M S Hesham ^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, M S ^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

Giardiasis; Iron deficiency anaemia; Malaysia; Micronutrient malnutrition; Protein energy malnutrition; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALNUTRITION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 21744456440     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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