Prevalence of helminth ova in soil samples from public places in Shiraz

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 562-565

  Motazedian, H ^a   Mehrabani, D ^b   Tabatabaee, S H R ^c   Pakniat, A ^a   Tavalali, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELMINTH; IRAN; LARVA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TOXOCARA;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COCCIDIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; IRAN; LARVA; OOCYSTS; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SEASONS; SOIL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TOXOCARA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847625378     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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