Factors influencing growth and intestinal parasitic infections in preschoolers attending philanthropic daycare centers in Salvador, Northeast Region of Brazil Crescimento linear e infecções parasitárias intestinais em pré-escolares matriculados em creches filantrópicas de Salvador, Nordeste do Brasil

• Main Authors: Rebecca L. Lander (Author), Alastair G. Lander (Author), Lisa Houghton (Author), Sheila M. Williams (Author), Hugo Costa-Ribeiro (Author), Daniel L. Barreto (Author), Angela P. Mattos (Author), Rosalind S Gibson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Poor growth and intestinal parasitic infections are widespread in disadvantaged urban children. This cross-sectional study assessed factors influencing poor growth and intestinal parasites in 376 children aged three to six years in daycare centers in Salvador, in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Data...