The impact of perception and knowledge on the treatment and prevention of intestinal worms in the Manikganj district of Bangladesh

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 171-184

  Bath, Jennifer L ^a   Eneh, Peace N ^a   Bakken, Amanda J ^a   Knox, Megan E ^a   Schiedt, Michael D ^a   Campbell, Jarryd M ^a  

^a and Exercise Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; SOIL;

VERMES;

EID: 79953132650     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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