Anemia and hypoalbuminia as an adjunct to soil-transmitted helminthiasis among slum school children in Visakhapatnam, South India

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-169

  Nallam, N R ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Andhra Pradesh; Anemia; Ascaris lumbricoides; Globulin; Hemoglobin; Hookworm; Post treatment; Pre treatment; Prevalence; Slum school children; South India; Total serum protein; Trichuris trichiura; Visakhapatnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044459295     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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