Palestinian refugee conditions associated with intestinal parasites and diarrhoea: Nuseirat refugee camp as a case study

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-142

  Abu Mourad, T A ^a,b  

^a Palestine Save the Children Found ^*  (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crowding index; Diarrhoea; Environmental health; Hygiene conditions; Intestinal parasites; Refugee Camp

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HYGIENE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE PARASITE; MOSQUITO; PALESTINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISRAEL; MALE; REFUGEES;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 0742302587     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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