Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infestation in schoolchildren in the northeastern part of Kathmandu valley, Nepal

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-505

  Sharma, Batu Krishna ^a   Rai, Shiba Kumar ^a,b   Rai, Diyo Ram ^a   Choudhury, Deepali Roy ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NEPAL; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRICHURIS;

EID: 8444232540     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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