A cross-sectional survey of intestinal helminthiases in rural communities of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages S27-S32

  Kaewpitoon, Soraya J ^a   Loyd, Ryan A ^a,b   Kaewpitoon, Natthawut ^a,c  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Vongchawalitkul University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Intestinal helminthiases; Nakhon Ratchasima; Rural community; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; THAILAND; AGE; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FECES; HELMINTH; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 84938075047     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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