Age patterns in undernutrition and helminth infection in a rural area of Brazil: Associations with ascariasis and hookworm

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-467

  Jardim Botelho, Anne ^b,c   Brooker, Simon ^d   Geiger, Stefan Michael ^b,e   Fleming, Fiona ^d   Souza Lopes, Aline Cristine ^c   Diemert, David Joseph ^f   Corrêa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^b   Bethony, Jeffrey Michael ^a,b,e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Body composition; Intestinal helminths; Iron stores; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENCE; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; FECES; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITIC DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL HEALTH;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; VERMES;

EID: 42149161823     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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