Prevalence of parasitism among students of the Karen hill-tribe in Mae Chame District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Saksirisampant, Wilai ^a   Prownebon, Jarruratt ^a   Kanmarnee, Penjit ^b   Thaisom, Sunida ^a   Yenthakam, Sutin ^a   Nuchprayoon, Surang ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chiang Mai; Karen hill tribe student; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOLIMAX; ENTEROBIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TAENIA; THAILAND; TRICHURIASIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND;

EID: 22744431969     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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