Water contact observations in Kenyan communities endemic for schistosomiasis: Methodology and patterns of behaviour

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-241

  Fulford, A J C ^a   Ouma, J H ^b   Kariuki, H C ^b   Thiongo, F W ^b   Klumpp, R ^c   Kloos, H ^c   Sturrock, R F ^d   Butterworth, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c London Sch of Trop Med and Hyg ^*  (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data handling; Quasi likelihood Poisson model; Schistosomiasis; Size of factorial effects; Water contact

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0029839320     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000082007     Document Type: Article

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