Stunting and helminth infection in early preschool-age children in a resource-poor community in the Amazon lowlands of Peru

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 204-208

  Gyorkos, Theresa W ^a,b   Maheu Giroux, Mathieu ^b   Casapía, Martín ^c   Joseph, Serene A ^a,b   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL SELVA AMAZÓNICA   (Peru)

^d Instituto de Investigación Nutricional   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Deworming; Gender; Preschool children; Soil transmitted helminths; Stunting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; TRICHURIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERU; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 79952900888     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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