Toxocara infection in the United States: The relevance of poverty, geography and demography as risk factors, and implications for estimating county prevalence

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-24

  Congdon, Peter ^c   Lloyd, Patsy ^a,b  

^a National Minority Quality Forum   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bayesian; Ethnicity; Geographic prevalence; Poverty; Toxocara infection

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952169022     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0143-6     Document Type: Article

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