Trachoma survey methods: A literature review

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a   Reacher, Mark ^b   Matthews, Fiona ^a   Brayne, Carol ^a   Emerson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODELING; SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 61449250653     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.046326     Document Type: Review

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