Characteristics of effective Village Treatment Assistants: The Kongwa Trachoma Project

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-265

  O'Connor, Janet ^a   Lynch, Matthew ^a   Vitale, Susan ^a   West, Sheila ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass treatment; Pharmacotherapy; Tanzania; Tetracycline; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONJUNCTIVA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TANZANIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACHOMA; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0032708310     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.6.4.257.4186     Document Type: Article

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