Prevalence of intestinal parasites in three socioeconomically-different regions of Sivas, Turkey

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-191

  Çeliksöz, Ali ^a   Güler, Nuran ^a   Güler, Güngör ^a   Öztop, A Yasemin ^a   Degerli, Serpil ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cellophane tape test; Diagnosis, laboratory; Intestinal diseases, parasitic; Parasites; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE PARASITE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAENIASIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CELLOPHANE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 23244448263     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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