The epidemiology of trachoma in central Tanzania

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 1088-1092

  West, Sheila K ^a   Munoz, Beatriz ^a   Turner, Virginia M ^a,b   Mmbaga, B B O ^c   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Kongwa Primary Eye Health Care Project ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLUSTERING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLICY IMPLICATION; TRACHOMA;

TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0026358579     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/20.4.1088     Document Type: Article

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