Community perception of intestinal schistosomiasis in Busia District of Uganda

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 56-66

  Anguzu, J ^a,b   Oryema Lalobo, M ^a   Oundo, G B ^c   Nuwaha, F ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Moroto Hospital   (Uganda)

^c Directorate of Health Services   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; UGANDA;

EID: 34748920136     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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