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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 103, 2009 - Issue 7
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Intestinal parasitic infection and associated risk factors, among children presenting at outpatient clinics in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil

M. M. M. MaiaPrograma de Pós Graduação em Parasitologia, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Caixa Postal 486, 31279-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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M. A. FaustoEscola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Universitário Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-00 Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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E. L. M. VieiraPrograma de Pós Graduação em Parasitologia, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Caixa Postal 486, 31279-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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M. L. F. N. BenettonUniversidade Federal do Amazonas, Avenida General Rodrigo Octavio Jordão Ramos, Bairro Coroado, 69077-000 Manaus, AM, Brazil
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M. CarneiroPrograma de Pós Graduação em Parasitologia, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos 6627, Caixa Postal 486, 31279-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Pages 583-591 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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