Environmental sanitary interventions for preventing active trachoma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Rabiu, Mansur ^a   Alhassan, M ^b   Ejere, H ^b  

^a National Blindness and Low Vision Survey Project   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Animals; Diptera; Health education methods ; Humans; Insect control; Insecticides; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Sanitation *methods ; Toilet facilities; Trachoma *prevention control; transmission

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; INSECTICIDE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TRACHOMA;

EID: 39549098159     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004003.pub3     Document Type: Review

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