Helminth infections: A new global women's health agenda

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-160

  Hotez, Peter ^a,b,c   Whitham, Megan ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE GENITAL PAIN; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84888227136     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000025     Document Type: Article

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