@article {45936,
	title = {Prevalence of Pediculus capitis infestation among school children of Chinese refugees residing in mountanous areas of northern Thailand},
	journal = {Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2004},
	note = {LR: 20041117; JID: 100960562; EIN: Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2004 Jun;20(6):following table of contents; ppublish},
	month = {2004},
	pages = {183 - 187},
	address = {China (Republic: 1949- )},
	abstract = {An epidemiologic survey of Pediculus capitis infestation among Akka aboriginal and Han children of Chinese refugees living in mountainous areas at elevations of 1,100 to 1,400 m in Chiang-Rai Province of northern Thailand was conducted during January 2003. Of the 303 children examined, 43 (14.2\%) had P. capitis infestation. The overall infestation rate for P. capitis in Akka children (29.3\%, 12/41) was significantly higher than that in Han children (11.8\%, 31/262; chi2 = 8.161, p = 0.002). The prevalence in Akka (52.2\%, 12/23) and Han girls (19.7\%, 31/157) was higher than that in Akka (0\%) and Han boys (0\%), respectively (p < 0.001), and the prevalence was higher in Akka girls than in Han girls (chi2 = 10.978, p = 0.001). The high prevalence of P. capitis infestation among these girls was possibly due to poor environmental hygiene and unavailability of sufficient water.},
	keywords = {adolescent, animals, child, China, humans, Lice Infestations/epidemiology, Pediculus, Prevalence, Thailand/epidemiology},
	isbn = {1607-551X},
	author = {Fan,C. K. and Liao,C. W. and Wu,M. S. and Hu,N. Y. and Su,K. E.}
}
