Spatial analysis of risk factor of cholera outbreak for 2003-2004 in a peri-urban area of Lusaka, Zambia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 414-421

  Sasaki, Satoshi ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Igarashi, Kumiko ^a   Tambatamba, Bushimbwa ^a   Mulenga, Philip ^a  

^a NONE   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTOR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 51949091617     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.414     Document Type: Article

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