Risk factors for constant, severe trachoma among preschool children in Kongwa, Tanzania

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  West, Sheila K ^a,d   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Lynch, Matthew ^a   Kayongoya, Andrew ^b   Mmbaga, B B O ^b   Taylor, Hugh R ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kongwa Trachoma Project   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

blindness; child; Chlamydia trachomatis; hygiene; trachoma

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0030034970     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008659     Document Type: Article

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