Better late than never: A National approach to trachoma control

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 487-488

  Mak, Donna B ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN;

ABORIGINE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 33646685038     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00339.x     Document Type: Editorial

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