Economic costs of endemic non-filarial elephantiasis in Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1136-1144

  Tekola, Fasil ^a   Mariam, Damen H ^a   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Direct cost; Ethiopia; Human capital approach; Podoconiosis; Prevalence based model; Productivity cost

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH POLICY; RED SOIL; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAY; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PODOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; ROCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745747415     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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