Association between anaemia, iron deficiency anaemia, neglected parasitic infections and socioeconomic factors in rural children of West Malaysia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ngui, Romano ^a   Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian ^a   Kin, Liam Chong ^a   Chuen, Chow Sek ^b   Jaffar, Shukri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INCOME; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHURIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HELMINTH; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

IRON;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84859192460     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001550     Document Type: Article

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