Epidemiology of trachoma in bebedouro state of são paulo, brazil: Prevalence and risk factors

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 169-177

  Luna, Expedito J A ^a   Medina, Norma H ^b   Oliveira, Marcia B ^a   De Barros, Oswaldo M ^b   Vranjac, Alexandre ^a   Melles, Heloisa Helena B ^c   West, Sheila ^d   Taylor, Hugh R ^d  

^a Center for Epidemiological Surveillance   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRACHOMA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRACHOMA;

CHILDREN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVING STANDARD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; TRACHOMA;

BRAZIL, SAO PAULO, BEBEDOURO;

EID: 0026613813     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/21.1.169     Document Type: Article

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