Prevalence of malnutrition and intestinal parasites among preschool children in the Gaza strip.
Helminthiasis is one of the public health problems worldwide. This is especially true in Gaza Strip. This study demonstrated the, parasites prevalent among mal-nutritional preschool-children according to the anthropometric cutoff points (WHO, 2007) and their family socio-demographic variability.
Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Gaza.
Basil J
BJ
Kanoa
Amin T
AT
Hamed
Baker M
BM
Zabut
Adnan
A
Al-Hindi
D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors