Enterobius vermicularis and risk factors in healthy Norwegian children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 927-930

  Bøås, Håkon ^a   Tapia, German ^a   Sødahl, John A ^a   Rasmussen, Trond ^a   Rønningen, Kjersti S ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

children; Enterobius vermicularis; epidemiology; helminth; pinworm

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865485418     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318258cdb5     Document Type: Article

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