Intestinal helminthiases among rural and urban schoolchildren in south-western Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 705-713

  Oninla, S O ^a,c   Owa, J A ^b   Onayade, A A ^b   Taiwo, O ^b  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; TRICHURIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; URBAN HEALTH;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 36848999722     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X241406     Document Type: Article

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