Mortality due to schistosomiasis mansoni: A field study in Sudan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-310

  Kheir, Musa M ^a   Eltoum, Isam A ^b   Saad, Ahmed M ^a   Ali, Magdi M ^c   Baraka, Omer Z ^a   Ali Homeida, Mamoun M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Bilharzia Research Unit   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SUDAN;

EID: 0033049051     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.307     Document Type: Article

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