The safe strategy for the elimination of trachoma by 2020: Will it work?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-236

  Bailey, Robin ^a,b   Lietman, Tom ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azithromycin therapeutic use; Environmental health (source: MeSH); Hygiene; Meibomian glands surgery; Trachoma surgery drug therapy prevention and control

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035079580     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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