Who misses out with school-based health programmes? A study of schistosomiasis control in Egypt

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 362-365

  Husein, M H ^a   Talaat, M ^b   El Sayed, M K ^c   El Badawi, A ^d   Evans, D B ^e  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^d ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Control; Egypt; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0029814293     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90506-4     Document Type: Article

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