Self-rated quality of life and school performance in relation to helminth infections: Case study from Yunnan, People's Republic of China

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ziegelbauer, Kathrin ^a,b   Steinmann, Peter ^a,b,c   Zhou, Hui ^c   Du, Zun Wei ^d   Jiang, Jin Yong ^d   Fürst, Thomas ^a,b   Jia, Tie Wu ^c   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^c   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTERVENING VARIABLE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 12; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMEAR; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 77955901731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-61     Document Type: Article

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