Some comments about health status and disease among students in Kh'mer - Kien Giang
- Author:
Tran Van Dan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
health, disease;
students
- MeSH:
health, disease;
students
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2003;21(1):74-77
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study was performed in 6 district with Khmer students consisting of 10.596 girls and boys of primary to upper secondary levels from the years 1998 – 2000. Khmer student have lower physical development indicators compared to Kinh student of the same age. With a living enviroment in Kien Giang that has not been improved very much, the intellectual and economic development of Khmers is not yet very high. Therefore in certain diseases especially gastrointestinal, respiratory diseases, trachoma… the incidence is higher in Khmer than in Kinh pupils. The incidences is higher in Khmer than in Kinh pupils. The incidence of chronic diseases among Khmer pupils is also higher than Kinh pupils.
