The effects of sex and age of responders on the reliability of self-diagnosed infection: A study of self-reported urinary schistosomiasis in Tanzanian school children

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 957-967

  Ansell, Juliet ^a,c   Guyatt, Helen ^a   Hall, Andrew ^a   Kihamia, Charles ^b   Bundy, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ocean Road Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age; Diagnosis; Schistosoma haematobium; Sensitivity; Sex; Specificity; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SEX; TANZANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 0034898956     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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