Visceral leishmaniasis: Consequences to women in a Bangladeshi community

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 360-364

  Ahluwalia, Indu B ^a,b   Bern, Caryn ^a,b   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^c   Costa, Cristiane ^a,b   Chowdhury, Rajib ^c   Ali, Mustakim ^c   Amann, Josef ^a,b   Haque, Rashidul ^c   Breiman, Robert ^c   Maguire, James H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c ICDDRB Division of Health Systems and Infectious Diseases   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 3543084483     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154099904323087024     Document Type: Article

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