Effect of piped water supply on human water contact patterns in a Schistosoma haematobium-endemic area in Coast Province, Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-126

  Noda, Shinichi ^a   Shimada, Masaaki ^b   Muhoho, Ngethe D ^c   Sato, Katsuyuki ^d   Kiliku, Francis B M ^c   Gatika, Simon M ^c   Waiyaki, Peter G ^c   Aoki, Yoshiki ^e  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRIFONATE; RIVER WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WATER SUPPLY;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0030968460     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.118     Document Type: Article

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