Schistosomiasis screening and health education for children: Action research in Nile delta villages

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 654-660

  El Katsha, Samiha ^a   Watts, Susan ^a,b  

^a Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Egypt; Health education; Schistosomiasis; Screening

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031856278     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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