The relationship between prevalence of active trachoma, water availability and its use in a Tanzanian village

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1075-1083

  Polack, Sarah ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a   Solomon, Anthony W ^a   Massae, Patrick A ^b   Abuelo, Carolina ^a   Cameron, Ewen ^c   Valdmanis, Vivian ^a   Mahande, Michael ^d   Foster, Allen ^a   Mabey, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Huruma Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Hygiene; Tanzania; Trachoma; Water; Water use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748128369     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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