Parasitic infections, anemia and malnutrition among rural settled and mobile pastoralist mothers and their children in chad

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-131

  Bechir, M ^a,b,c   Schelling, E ^b,c   Hamit, M A ^d   Tanner, M ^b,c   Zinsstag, J ^b,c  

^a Centre National de Nutrition   (Chad)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chad; Malnutrition; Mobile pastoralists; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHAD; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHAD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTAMOEBA; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 84865751788     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0727-5     Document Type: Article

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