Intestinal parasitic infections in adolescent girls from two boarding schools in southern Benin

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 653-661

  Alaofè, Halimatou ^a   Zee, John ^b   Dossa, Romain ^c   O'Brien, Huguette Turgeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Benin; Helminth infection; Intestinal parasites; Iron deficiency anaemia; Protozoan infection

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BENIN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 46549086166     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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