Retracted: Prevalence and the factors influencing soil transmitted helminths among school age children of 5 to 14 years in a rural area of Coimbatore district

Authors

  • Xavier C. Rajan Department of Community Medicine, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5667-2066
  • Sivamani Manivasagan Department of Community Medicine, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • Appalaraju Boppe Department of Microbiology, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195081

Keywords:

Soil transmitted helminthiasis, Prevalence, School age children, Coimbatore

Abstract

The article "Prevalence and the factors influencing soil transmitted helminths among school age children of 5 to 14 years in a rural area of Coimbatore district" is retracted by the Editor-in-Chief, due to violation of the policies and practices of International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. The article is retracted on request of corresponding author and co-authors due to some errors in data which happened by the authors unintentionally.

Author Biography

Xavier C. Rajan, Department of Community Medicine, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Department  of Community Medicine, Assistant Professor.

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2019-10-24

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Rajan, X. C., Manivasagan, S., & Boppe, A. (2019). Retracted: Prevalence and the factors influencing soil transmitted helminths among school age children of 5 to 14 years in a rural area of Coimbatore district. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 6(11), 4924–4928. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195081

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