Attitudes towards helminthic infection in the Jirel population of eastern Nepal

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 371-379

  Williams Blangero, S ^a   Subedi, J ^b   Upadhayay, R P ^c   Manral, D B ^c   Khadka, K ^d   Jirel, S ^d   Robinson, E S ^a   Blangero, J ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d Jiri Helminth Project Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Health education; Helminthic control programs; Intestinal worms; Nepal

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BELIEFS; HEALTH INTERVENTION; HELMINTH INFECTION; TRIBAL PEOPLE;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; NEMATODE; NEPAL; PARASITE CONTROL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TRICHURIS; WORM INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL;

NEPAL, JIRI;

EID: 0031749162     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00073-2     Document Type: Article

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