Anthropometric status, anaemia and intestinal helminthic infections in shantytown and apartment schoolchildren in the Sanliurfa province of Turkey

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1056-1061

  Ulukanligil, M ^a   Seyrek, A ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Anthropometry; Helminth; Sanliurfa; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; METHEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINE PARASITE; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUNTING SYNDROME; TAENIA; TRICHURIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 4043092070     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601932     Document Type: Article

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