Association between intestinal helminth infections and underweight among school children in Tikur Wuha Elementary School, Northwestern Ethiopia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-133

  Degarege, Abraham ^a   Erko, Berhanu ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Helminth; Northwestern Ethiopia; School children; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; TAENIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHOOLS; THINNESS;

EID: 84875612048     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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