Pica, parasites and anemia among women from 15 to 49 years of age in tunisia

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 502-505

  Jaâfar, Sonia Khosrof Ben ^a   Aouidet, Abdallah ^a   Gharbi, Najoua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PICA; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; TUNISIA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PICA; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862258164     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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