Validity of studies on the association between soil-transmitted helminths and the incidence of malaria: Should it impact health policies?;Validez de los estudios de asociación entre geohelmintos e incidencia de malaria: ¿Debería impactar las políticas de salud?

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-378

  Fernández Ñino, Julián Alfredo ^a,d   Idrovo, Álvaro Javier ^b   Cucunubá, Zulma Milena ^a,c   Reyes, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^d NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Communicable disease control; Comorbidity; Helminths; Malaria

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249129501     PISSN: 1415790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2008000300004     Document Type: Article

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