Soil-transmitted helminth infection and nutritional status among urban slum children in Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-305

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,b   Davis, Stephanie M ^a,b   Bartoces, Monina ^a,b   Ruth, Laird J ^a,b   Worrell, Caitlin M ^a,b   Kanyi, Henry ^a,c   Odero, Kennedy ^a,c   Wiegand, Ryan E ^a,b   Njenga, Sammy M ^a,c   Montgomery, Joel M ^a,b   Fox, LeAnne M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SELF REPORT; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTION; STUNTING; TRICHURIASIS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SOIL; TRICHURIS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84893484936     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0560     Document Type: Article

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