Farm land size and onchocerciasis status of peasant farmers in south- western Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 334-340

  Oladepo, Oladimeji ^a   Brieger, William R ^a   Otusanya, Sakiru ^a   Kale, Oladele O ^a   Offiong, Sylvia ^b   Titiloye, Musibau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

economic impact; farmers; Nigeria; onchocercal skin disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030988530     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00148.x     Document Type: Article

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