Soil-transmitted helminthiases and health behaviors among schoolchildren and community members in a west-central border area of Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 260-266

  Anantaphruti, Malinee T ^a,b   Waikagul, Jitra ^a   Maipanich, Wanna ^a   Nuamtanong, Supaporn ^a   Pubampen, Somchit ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COMMUNITY; FECES CULTURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; TRICHURIS;

EID: 4544243626     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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