Malnutrition and helminth infections among pre-school children in Orang Asli resettlement villages in Kelantan

Journal of Health and Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-103

  Zulkifli, A ^a   Anuar, Khairul ^a   Atiya, A S ^a   Yano, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helminth Infections; Malaysia; Malnutrition; Orang asli

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449185252     PISSN: 18237339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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