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  1. BIN AHMADA
    Med J Malaysia, 1964 Jun;18:235-8.
    PMID: 14199441
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty*
  2. Teoh ES, Dawood MY, Ratnam SS
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 1971 Jun 01;110(3):415-20.
    PMID: 5104314
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty
  3. Chen PC
    Trop Doct, 1971 Oct;1(4):183-6.
    PMID: 5152672
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty
  4. Chen PC
    Lancet, 1973 May 05;1(7810):983-5.
    PMID: 4121603
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty
  5. Datuk TS, Ismail AM, Singh G
    Med J Malaysia, 1973 Sep;28(1):3-7.
    PMID: 4273782
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty
  6. Siva V
    PMID: 12309491
    PIP: A deworming/family planning project funded by JOICFP was successfully initiated in Kerling Estate, Kuala Kubu Bahru, Malaysia. Rapport between estate management, workers, and the National Family Planning Board helped establish the project. A recent Gotong-Royong or community self-help project had encouraged enthusiasm among workers to clean up the estate. Mothers were exhorted to plan their families and devote attention to the health and welfare of the children. The need for parents to understand the causes of infestation and educate their children to wear slippers or shoes and develop good toilet habits was emphasized by Dr. Nor Laily Aziz. Continuing National Family Planning Board and Government support was pledged.
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty*
  7. Oestereich J
    Ekistics, 1981 Jan;48(286):14-8.
    PMID: 12143625
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty Areas*
  8. Peacock F
    J Dev Areas, 1981 Jul;15(4):639-54.
    PMID: 12337651
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty*
  9. UNESCO. Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific
    PMID: 12265663
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty*
  10. Leigh B, Ebrahim GJ, Lovell H, Yusof K
    J Trop Pediatr, 1983 10;29(5):265-7.
    PMID: 6644850 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/29.5.265
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty*
  11. Abrams HK
    P N G Med J, 1984 Mar;27(1):24-31.
    PMID: 6595901
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty
  12. Tee ES, Kandiah M, Ali J, Kandiah V, Zahari MR, Kuladevan R, et al.
    Malays J Reprod Health, 1984 Jun;2(1):32-50.
    PMID: 12267519
    The study presents recent data on the prevalence and pattern of nutritional anemia in the Maternity Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. A total of 309 pregnant women in their third trimester, of Malay, Chinese and Indian origin from the lower socio-economic strata were randomly selected for the study. Hematological indices (including Hb, PCV, MCHC, and TRBC), serum iron, transferrin saturation and ferritin, serum folate as well as protein and albumin were determined. Based on Hb and PCV values, 30-40 percent of the women could be considered anemic; approximately 50 percent of them presented with unsatisfactory serum iron, transferrin saturation and ferritin values; 60.9 percent had low serum folate levels; and about 30 percent may be considered to be of poor protein nutriture. Anemia in the study population was seen to be related mostly to iron and to a lesser extent, folate deficiency. Hematological, iron, folate and protein status was observed to be the poorest amongst the Indian women, better in the Malay group and generally the best amongst the Chinese women. Birth records of 169 of these women revealed that all of them had live births. Nearly all the infants were delivered by normal vaginal delivery (NVD) The mean gestational age was 38.6 weeks. One of the infants had a birth weight of <2.0 kg; incidence of low birth weight, <2.5 kg, was 8.3 percent. Although there was a trend of deteriorating hematological, iron and protein status of women from the 0, 1 -3 and >=4 parity groups, these differences were not statlstlcally significant.
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty*
  13. Serva V, Karim H, Ebrahim GJ
    J Trop Pediatr, 1986 06;32(3):127-9.
    PMID: 3747002 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/32.3.127
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty*
  14. Salleh NM, Tan Boon Ann, Arshat H
    Malays J Reprod Health, 1986 Dec;4(2):57-64.
    PMID: 12314885
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty Areas*
  15. Bundy DA, Kan SP, Rose R
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 1988;82(2):289-94.
    PMID: 3188158
    The gastrointestinal helminth infection status of 1574 children living in a slum area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was assessed by quantitative coprology. Almost two-thirds were infected with Trichuris trichiura, 49.6% with Ascaris lumbricoides, and 5.3% with hookworm. Infection prevalence rose rapidly to a stable asymptote at 7 years of age, and the age-intensity profile was convex with maximal values in the 5-10 year age classes. This pattern was the same for males and females, but differed markedly between different ethnic groups. The frequency distributions of A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura were highly overdispersed (k values were 0.21 and 0.27, respectively), and age-dependent over the 0-8 year age classes. This suggests that the force of infection with these nematodes is lower in infants than in older children.
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty Areas
  16. Kan SP
    J Trop Med Hyg, 1989 Aug;92(4):263-9.
    PMID: 2760969
    A total of 819 Indian inhabitants (from 6 months to over 60 years of age) in an oil-palm plantation in West Malaysia was examined for soil-transmitted helminthiases using the brine flotation and Kato thick smear techniques. Half (51.0%) of the inhabitants were found to be infected (33.9% had Ascaris lumbricoides; 36.4% had Trichuris trichiura and 15.6% had Necator americanus). Soil-transmitted helminthiases (both single and mixed infections) were significantly more common among children and young adults from 6 months to 20 years of age where 67.1% (range: 64.7-70.3%) of this age group were infected. The infection rate declined to about 25% or less among elderly people over 50 years of age. Trichuris trichiura was the commonest helminth observed--both as single and mixed infections--and Trichuris mixed with Ascaris was the commonest type of double infection reported. However, there were no significant differences in the distribution of the types of single and double infections among inhabitants of different age groups, nor were there any significant differences in the distribution of soil-transmitted helminthiases among male and female inhabitants. The socioeconomic, environmental and cultural factors contributing to persistently high rates of infection with soil-transmitted helminths among plantation inhabitants are discussed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Poverty
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