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The prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections according to age groups and gender of children in the shantytown, apartment and rural schools |
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| Age groups |
Shantytown p.s. Prevalence (%) |
Apartment p.s. Prevalence (%) |
Rural p.s. Prevalence (%) |
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| 7–8 |
77.6 |
48.6 |
59.3 |
| 9–10 |
79.1 |
43.2 |
43.8 |
| 11–12 |
74.3 |
63.1 |
56.1 |
| 13–14 |
71.0 |
61.3 |
49.1 |
| P value |
0.6 |
<0.001 |
0.2 |
| Male |
78.2 |
53.25 |
50.0 |
| Female |
74.2 |
53.2 |
63.6 |
| P value |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Ulukanligil and Seyrek BMC Public Health 2003 3:29 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-3-29 |
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