Stunting and soil-transmitted-helminth infections among school-age pupils in rural areas of southern China

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shang, Yu ^a,b   Tang, Lin Hua ^a   Zhou, Shui Sen ^a   Chen, Ying Dan ^a   Yang, Yi Chao ^c   Lin, Shao Xiong ^d  

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

^b Hebei Provincial Center for Woman and Child Health Care   (China)

^c Guangxi Autonomous Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Hainan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SOIL; STUNTING; TRICHURIASIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 77957741661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-97     Document Type: Article

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