Soil-transmitted helminth infection and urbanization in 880 primary school children in Nicaragua, 2005

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-143

  Rosewell, Alexander ^a   Robleto, Guillermo ^b   Rodríguez, Guillermo ^c   Barragne Bigot, Philippe ^d   Amador, Juan José ^c   Aldighieri, Sylvain ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Nicaragua)

^b Departmental Laboratory   (Spain)

^c Ministry of Health   (Nicaragua)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SANITATION; SOIL ORGANISM; TRICHURIS; URBANIZATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; NICARAGUA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOIL; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; VERMES;

EID: 77954406051     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.090425     Document Type: Article

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