Frequency and risk factors for intestinal parasitic infection in children under five years age at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-219

  Mumtaz, Shadma ^a   Siddiqui, Hemna ^a   Ashfaq, Tabinda ^a  

^a ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65749086265     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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