Growth reduction among primary schoolchildren with light trichuriasis in Malaysia treated with albendazole

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Tee, Meng Hun ^a   Lee, Yeong Yeh ^b   Majid, Noorizan Abdul ^b   Noori, Nazmi Mohamed ^b   Mahendra Raj, Sundramoorthy ^c  

^a Perdana Specialist Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c Pantai Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Growth; Malaysia; Schoolchildren; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877646458     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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