Epidemiology 1, 2, 3: Study and sample design

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 8-13

  Hussein, Mohamed H ^a   El Sayed, Medhat K ^b   Talaat, Maha ^c   El Badawy, Amal ^d   Miller, F DeWolfe ^e  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^c THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0034062719     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.8     Document Type: Article

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