Behavioral and nutritional factors and geohelminth infection among two ethnic groups in the Terai region, Nepal

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Parajuli, Rajendra Prasad ^a   Umezaki, Masahiro ^a   Watanabe, Chiho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEMATODIASIS; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRICHURIASIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NEMATODA;

EID: 59549086098     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20825     Document Type: Article

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