The poorest of the poor: A poverty appraisal of households affected by visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 639-644

  Boelaert, M ^a   Meheus, F ^a   Sanchez, A ^a   Singh, S P ^b   Vanlerberghe, V ^a   Picado, A ^c   Meessen, B ^a   Sundar, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bihar; Poverty; Visceral leishmaniasis; Vulnerability; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LEISHMANIASIS; MAPPING METHOD; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650948381     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02279.x     Document Type: Article

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