Health education to school children in Okpatu, Nigeria: Impact on onchocerciasis - Related knowledge

Public Health

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 215-218

  Shu, E N ^a   Okonkwo, P O ^a   Onwujekwe, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health education; Knowledge; Onchocerciasis; School children

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

NIGERIA; OKPATU;

EID: 0032701963     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(99)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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