Antibiotic dosage in trachoma control programs: Height as a surrogate for weight in children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1464-1469

  Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Solomon, Anthony W ^b,c,d   Zingeser, James ^e   Barwick, Rachel ^e   Burton, Matthew ^f   Bailey, Robin ^f   Mabey, David ^b   Foster, Allen ^b   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^d Huruma Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0037377881     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0234     Document Type: Article

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