Intestinal parasitic infection and nutritional status among school children in Angolela, Ethiopia

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 157-164

  Nguyen, N L ^a   Gelaye, B ^a,b   Aboset, N ^c   Kumie, A ^d   Williams, M A ^a,b   Berhane, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measures; Helminth infection; Intestinal parasitic infection; Nutrition; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD WELFARE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYMENOLEPIASIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; ODDS RATIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868125191     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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