Some behavioural risk factors for intestinal helminthiasis in nursery and primary school children in Enugu, south eastern Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-293

  Ilechukwu, G C ^a   Ilechukwu, C G A ^a   Ozumba, A N ^b   Ojinnaka, N C ^a   Ibe, B C ^a   Onwasigwe, C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Behavioural risk factors; Children; Intestinal helminthiasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77956657452     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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