Development and evaluation of a health education intervention against Taenia solium in a rural community in Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-132

  Sarti, Elsa ^a   Flisser, Ana ^b,c   Schantz, Peter M ^d   Gleizer, Marcela ^a   Loya, Marta ^a   Plancarte, Agustin ^b   Avila, Guillermina ^b   Allan, James ^e   Craig, Philip ^e   Bronfman, Mario ^a   Wijeyaratne, Panduka ^f  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f U States Agy for Intl Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

SUS SCROFA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0030896782     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.127     Document Type: Article

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