Hookworm and poverty

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 38-44

  Hotez, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Ross Hall 736 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hookworm; Poverty; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZITHROMYCIN; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANEMIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; PARASITE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS; URBANIZATION; WORK CAPACITY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 45549107298     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.000     Document Type: Review

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