Intestinal parasitic infections and malnutrition amongst first-cycle primary schoolchildren in Adama, Ethiopia

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Reji, Pawlos ^a   Belay, Getachew ^b   Erko, Berhanu ^c   Legesse, Mengistu ^c   Belay, Mulugeta ^c  

^a Oromia Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 84861857507     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v3i1.198     Document Type: Article

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