The effects of quarry mining on the epidemiology of Schistosoma haematobium in schoolchildren, in Ishiagu, south-eastern Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Nduka, F O ^a   Etusim, P E ^a   Nwaugo, V O ^a   Oguariri, R M ^a,b  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BULINUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; WATER;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 33644639599     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906x78544     Document Type: Article

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