Prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis in the Community of Alaba District, Southern Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 365-368

  Wondimu, A ^a   Bejiga, A ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRACHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 24744471611     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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