Comparative cost-effectiveness of diagnostic tests for urinary schistosomiasis and the implications for school health programmes

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-153

  Ansell, J ^a   Guyatt, H L ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATURIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CARE; TANZANIA;

GLOMERULUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036220532     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125000682     Document Type: Article

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