Questionnaire approach to diagnosis in developing countries

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9135, 1998, Pages 1164-1165

  Barreto, M L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032505595     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60526-0     Document Type: Note

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