Anemia and intestinal parasite infection in school children in rural Vietnam

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 716-723

  Huong, Thi Le ^a,b,d   Brouwer, Inge D ^b   Verhoef, Hans ^b   Khan, Cong Nguyen ^c   Kok, Frans J ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^d NONE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Iron deficiency; Parasite; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIET NAM;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RURAL HEALTH; VIETNAM;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 37349014007     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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