Prevalence of intestinal parasites among children referred to Children's Medical Center during 18 years (1991-2008), Tehran, Iran

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 507-512

  Ashtiani, M T H ^a   Monajemzadeh, M ^a   Saghi, B ^a   Shams, S ^a   Mortazavi, S H ^a   Khaki, S ^a   Mohseni, N ^a   Kashi, L ^a   Nikmanesh, B ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINE PARASITE; IRAN; ISOSPORA BELLI; ISOSPORIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 83455188220     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1364859411Y.0000000040     Document Type: Article

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