Prevalence and risk factors for giardiasis among primary school children in Damascus, Syria

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-240

  Almerie, Muhammad Q ^a   Azzouz, Muhammad S ^a   Abdessamad, Mohamad A ^a   Mouchli, Mohamad A ^a   Sakbani, Mohammad W ^a   Alsibai, Mohammad S ^a   Alkafri, Abeer ^a   Ismail, Mohammad Taher ^a  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FAMILY SIZE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WASTING SYNDROME; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SYRIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40749139479     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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