Trachoma and health education in primary schools in Tanzania: A pointer to community action

Health Education

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 414-423

  Lansdown, Richard ^a   Issae, Wahab ^b   Katala, Sidney ^a   Mwaisumo, Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Helen Keller Worldwide ^*

Author keywords

Africa; Health education; Schools; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644456169     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280510630768     Document Type: Article

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