A community-based trachoma survey: Prevalence and risk factors in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-181

  Mesfin, Mengiste M ^a,d   De La Camera, Julio ^b   Tareke, Israel G ^a   Amanual, G ^a   Araya, T ^a   Kedir, Abbi M ^c  

^a Tigray Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Risk factors; Tigray region; Trachoma prevalence

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMASS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHIMNEY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA OPACITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENERGY; ETHIOPIA; EYE CARE; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFLAMMATION; KITCHEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SCAR FORMATION; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 33745087222     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580600611427     Document Type: Review

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