Impact of drainage and sewerage on intestinal nematode infections in poor urban areas in Salvador, Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-204

  Moraes, L R S ^a   Cancio, Jacira Azevedo ^b   Cairncross, Sandy ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b PAHO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Ascaris; Brazil; Children; Hookworm; Risk factors; Sanitation; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRICHURIS; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 2442427323     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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