Mapping the global distribution of trachoma

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 913-919

  Polack, Sarah ^a   Brooker, Simon ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a   Mariotti, Silvio ^b   Mabey, David ^a   Foster, Allen ^a  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eyelid diseases epidemiology; Geographic information systems; Trachoma epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH AND DISEASE; MAPPING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; DATA BASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYELID DISEASE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYELID DISEASES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAPS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RISK FACTORS; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 31544476534     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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