Oral fecal parasites and personal hygiene of food handlers in Abeokuta, Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 160-164

  Idowu, O A ^a   Rowland, S A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Feacal; Food vendors; Helminths; Infection; Parasites

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; COMBATRIN; ETHER; LEVAMISOLE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES CULTURE; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SANITATION; TRICHURIS; WORM EXPULSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARASITES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34147149375     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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