Hygiene Factors and Increased risk of Trachoma in Central Tanzania

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 1989, Pages 1821-1825

  Taylor, Hugh R ^a   West, Sheila K ^a   Mmbaga, B B O ^a   Katala, Sidney J ^a   Turner, Virginia ^a   Lynch, Matt ^a   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Rapoza, Peter A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0024805422     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1989.01070020903037     Document Type: Article

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