Soil-transmitted helminth infections and physical fitness in school-aged Bulang children in southwest China: Results from a cross-sectional survey

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yap, Peiling ^a,b   Du, Zun Wei ^c   Chen, Ran ^d   Zhang, Li Ping ^e,f   Wu, Fang Wei ^c   Wang, Jian ^c   Wang, Xue Zhong ^c   Zhou, Hui ^a,b   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^f   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Steinmann, Peter ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^d Menghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Sichuan Inst of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^f CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING; TRICHURIASIS; AGED; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HELMINTHIASIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84858211353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-5022424138     Document Type: Article

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