The nutritional impacts of soil-transmitted helminths infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in rural Malaysia
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infections, anaemia and malnutrition are major public health problems in school-age children in developing countries. This study was conducted on 289 Orang Asli (aboriginal) schoolchildren in order to assess the current prevalence and predictors of anaemi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/4051/1/Ahmed-2012-The_nutritional_impa.pdf |