The Effect of Deworming on Growth in One-Year-Old Children Living in a Soil-Transmitted Helminth-Endemic Area of Peru: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
BACKGROUND:Appropriate health and nutrition interventions to prevent long-term adverse effects in children are necessary before two years of age. One such intervention may include population-based deworming, recommended as of 12 months of age by the World Health Organization in soil-transmitted helm...
Main Authors: | Serene A Joseph, Martín Casapía, Antonio Montresor, Elham Rahme, Brian J Ward, Grace S Marquis, Lidsky Pezo, Brittany Blouin, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Theresa W Gyorkos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4591279?pdf=render |
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