Factors influencing growth and intestinal parasitic infections in preschoolers attending philanthropic daycare centers in Salvador, Northeast Region of Brazil;Crescimento linear e infecções parasitárias intestinais em pré-escolares matriculados em creches filantrópicas de Salvador, Nordeste do Brasil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2177-2188

  Lander, Rebecca L ^a   Lander, Alastair G ^a   Houghton, Lisa ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Costa Ribeiro, Hugo ^b   Barreto, Daniel L ^b   Mattos, Angela P ^b   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child day care centers; Parasites; Parasitic intestinal diseases; Preschool child

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84869223075     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2012001100017     Document Type: Article

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