Trachoma among adults in Damot Gale District, South Ethiopia

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-16

  Regassa, Kefeyalew ^a   Teshome, Tiliksew ^a,b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Community based survey; Ethiopia; Trachoma prevalence; Trachoma risk factors; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; ETHIOPIA; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CORNEAL OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 1642314540     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.11.1.9.26440     Document Type: Article

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