Soil-transmitted helminths in relation to hemoglobin status among school children of the Kashmir Valley

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 591-593

  Wani, Showkat Ahmad ^a   Ahmad, Fayaz ^a   Zargar, Showkat A ^a,b   Dar, Zubair Ahmad ^a   Dar, Parvaiz Ahmad ^a   Tak, Hidayatullah ^a   Fomda, Bashir Ahmad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b SK Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC SULFATE;

CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; FECES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN; INVERTEBRATE; PARASITE CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KASHMIR VALLEY; SOUTH ASIA;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 47349114186     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1400R1.1     Document Type: Article

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