Prevalence of malnutrition, anemia, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in preschool-age children living in peri-urban populations in the Peruvian Amazon

• Main Authors: María del Carmen Segoviano-Lorenzo (Author), Elena Trigo-Esteban (Author), Theresa W. Gyorkos (Author), Kariane St-Denis (Author), Fernándo Martínez-De Guzmán (Author), Martín Casapía-Morales (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Stunting, anemia, and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are major health concerns for children in extremely poor regions of the world, especially rural and periurban ones. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of these three cooccurring conditions in preschool-age children in an extr...