Eye disease in an onchocerciasis-endemic area of the forest-savanna mosaic region of Nigeria

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-100

  Umeh, R E ^a   Chijioke, C P ^a   Okonkwo, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE; RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIORETINITIS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS, OCULAR; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN; VISION DISORDERS;

EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0029669867     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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