Blood in the urine of adolescent girls in an area of Ghana with a low prevalence of infection with Schistosoma haematobium

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-412

  Hall, Andrew ^a   Fentiman, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Ghana; Haematuria; Menstruation; Schistosoma haematobium; School age children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINALYSIS; WORM EGG;

EID: 0032864846     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90138-4     Document Type: Article

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