Intestinal parasitic infections among intellectual disability children in rehabilitation centers of northern Iran

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 924-928

  Sharif, Mehdi ^a   Daryani, Ahmad ^a   Asgarian, Fatemeh ^a   Nasrolahei, Mohtaram ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intestinal parasite; Iran; Rehabilitation center

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CHILOMASTIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952741269     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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