Giardiasis And Poor Vitamin A Status Among Aboriginal School Children In Rural Malaysia

Giardiasis And Poor Vitamin A Status Among Aboriginal School Children In Rural Malaysia Hesham M. Al-Mekhlafi, Johari Surin, Atiya A. Sallam, Ariffin W. Abdullah, and Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, 2010   A cross-sectional study was carried out on 241 primary schoolchildren in Pahang, Malaysia to update their vitamin A status and to investigate the association of poor vitamin A status with their health and socioeconomic factors. All children were screened for intestinal parasitic infections. Blood...

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