Concurrent comparison of three water contact measurement tools in four endemic villages of the Philippines. The schistosomiasis transmission ecology in the Philippines project (STEP)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 834-842

  Payne, G ^a,b   Carabin, H ^b   Tallo, V ^c   Alday, P ^c   Gonzalez, R ^c   Joseph, L ^d   Olveda, R ^c   McGarvey, S T ^e  

^a Oklahoma City County Health Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Epidemiologic measurement; Fresh water; Philippines; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHILIPPINES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAIN; RIVERS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 33744905597     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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