An evaluation of a SAFE-style trachoma control program in Central Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Ewald, Dan P ^a   Hall, Gillian V ^b   Franks, Christine C ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Health and Community Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROWDING; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

EID: 0037455282     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05065.x     Document Type: Article

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