Intestinal parasitic infections among school children of the Dhahira Region of Oman

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 627-632

  Patel, Prakash K ^a,b   Khandekar, Rajiv ^c  

^a Department of Health Affairs   (Oman)

^b Ministry of Health ^*  (Oman)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; OMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOIL MICROFLORA; STEREOMICROSCOPY; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; OMAN; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33646537134     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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