Trichuriasis and low-iron status in schoolchildren from Northwest Mexico

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1108-1115

  Quihui Cota, L ^a   Morales Figueroa, G G ^a   Esparza Romero, J ^a   Valencia, M E ^a   Astiazaran Garcia H ^a   Mendez R O ^a   Pacheco Moreno, B I ^a   Crompton, D W T ^b   Diaz Camacho, S P ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

iron status; Northwest Mexico; rural area; schoolchildren; trichuriasis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FERRITIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICHURIASIS;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

TRICHURIS;

EID: 77957849447     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.146     Document Type: Article

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