Intestinal helminthiasis in children with chronic neurological disorders in Benin City, Nigeria: Intensity and behavioral risk factors

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-157

  Nwaneri, Damia Uchechukwu ^a   Ibadin, Michael Okoeguale ^a   Ofovwe, Gabriel Egberue ^a   Sadoh, Ayebo Evawere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

encopresis; helminthiasis; intensity; risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HABIT; HAND WASHING; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINAL HELMINTHIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84878147174     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-012-0394-9     Document Type: Article

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