Inherited burden of disease: Agricultural dams and the persistence of bloody urine (Schistosomiasis hematobium) in the Upper East Region of Ghana, 1959-1997

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-234

  Hunter, John M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development projects; Ghana; Schistosomiasis hematobium; Water borne diseases

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LONGEVITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037211726     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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