Demographic and socio-economic factors with implications for the control of lymphatic filariasis in Kwale District, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 495-498

  Mwobobia, I K ^a   Mitsui, Y ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FILARIASIS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; KENYA; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 0033182910     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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