Rapid assessment of trachoma in 9 governorates and Socotra Island in Yemen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 566-572

  Al Khatib, T K ^a   Hamid, A S ^a   Al Kuhlany, A M ^b   Al Jabal, M H ^b   Raja'a, Y A ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; YEMEN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHOMA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; YEMEN;

EID: 33847634271     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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