Knowledge, attitude, and practices related to Kala-azar in a rural area of Bihar State, India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 505-508

  Singh, Shri Prakash ^a,b   Reddy, Dandu Chandra Shekhar ^a,c   Mishra, Rabindra Nath ^a,b   Sundar, Shyam ^a,b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c WHO   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33750575944     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.505     Document Type: Article

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