Prevalence, risk factors and symptoms associated to intestinal parasite infections among patients with gastrointestinal disorders in nahavand, western Iran

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kiani, Hamed ^a,b   Haghighi, Ali ^a   Rostami, Ali ^a   Azargashb, Eznollah ^a,b   Seyyed Tabaei, Seyyed Javad ^a   Solgi, Abbas ^c   Zebardast, Nozhat ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Iranian Veterinary Organization Tehran   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal disorders; Intestinal parasites; Iran; Parasitic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969939975     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-9946201658042     Document Type: Article

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