Socioeconomic determinants of schistosomiasis in an urban area in the Northeast of Brazil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 409-421

  Ximenes, Ricardo ^a   Southgate, Brian ^b   Smith, Peter G ^b   Guimarães Neto, Leonardo ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

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

^c Fund J Nabuco de Pesq Sociais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Risk factors; Schistosomiasis; Socioeconomic factors; Urban health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROWDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; SAO LOURENCO DE MATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642433148     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892003001100006     Document Type: Article

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