Cultural and social context of dysentery: Implications for the introduction of a new vaccine

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Blum, Lauren S ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^a  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Diarrhoea; Dysentery; Ethnographic research; Ethnomedicine; Explanatory models; Shigella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; NEW DRUG;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHIGELLA VACCINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

SHIGELLA;

EID: 4444260039     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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