Frequency of intestinal helminthiasis and its association with iron deficiency and malnutrition in children from western Mexico;Frecuencia de helmintiasis intestinal y su asociación con deficiencia de hierro y desnutrición en niños de la región occidente de México

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-300

  Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Celina ^a   Trujillo Hernández, Benjamín ^b,c   Martínez Contreras, Alicia ^b   Pineda Lucatero, Alicia ^b   Millán Guerrero, Rebeca O ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General de Zona IMSS   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ascariasis; Desnutrition; Ferritin; Intestinal helminthiasis; Trichuriasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TRICHURIASIS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FECES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 51149109133     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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