Preliminary survey of implementation of a school health program in Guinea;Enquete preliminaire a la mise en place d'un programme de sante scolaire en Guinee

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 294-298

  Montresor, A ^a   Urbani, C ^a   Camara, B ^b   Bha, A B ^b   Albonico, M ^a   Savioli, L ^a  

^a Organisation Mondiale de la S   (Switzerland)

^b Min de la S de Guinee   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Anemia; Health education; Intestinal helminthiasis; Schistosomiasis; School health; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT;

CHILD; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0001721502     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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