Influence of helminth infections on childhood nutritional status in lowland Bolivia

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 651-656

  Tanner, S ^a   Leonard, W R ^b   McDade, T W ^b   Reyes Garcia, V ^c,d   Godoy, R ^c   Huanca, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE;

EID: 70350714139     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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