Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-383

  Sayyari, A A ^a   Imanzadeh, F ^a   Bagheri Yazdi, S A ^b   Karami, H ^a   Yaghoobi, M ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTEROBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33645307390     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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