Worm infestation and anaemia among pre-school children of peasant farmers in Calabar, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-224

  Anah, M U ^a   Ikpeme, O E ^a   Etuk, I S ^a   Yong, K E ^a   Ibanga, I ^b   Asuquo, B E ^a  

^a Departments of Paediatrics   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Farmers; Worm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 59449103247     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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