Household social determinants of ascariasis and trichuriasis in North Central Venezuela

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-110

  Quintero, Karen ^a   Durán, Carmen ^a   Duri, Deborah ^a   Medina, Flor ^a   Garcia, Josmar ^a   Hidalgo, Glida ^a   Nakal, Syndy ^a   Echeverria Ortega, Maria ^a   Albano, Carlos ^a   Incani, Renzo Nino ^b   Cortez, Jackeline ^b   Jiménez, Sara ^b   Díaz, Marietta ^b   Maldonado, Cecilio ^a   Matute, Franklin ^a   Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,c,d,e  

^a Foundation Center for Studies on Growth and Development of the Venezuelan Population FUNDACREDESA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c Químico Farmacéutico   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Helminths; Parasitic intestinal diseases; Social determinants; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84861656652     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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