Human behaviour, water usage and schistosomiasis transmission in a small settlement near Yola, Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-311

  Akogun, O B ^a   Akogun, M K ^b  

^a MODIBBO ADAMA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; DEFECATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NIGERIA; RECYCLING; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; SOCIAL ASPECT; URINE; WEATHER;

EID: 0029936058     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813055     Document Type: Article

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