Neglected infections of poverty among the indigenous peoples of the Arctic

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARCTIC; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CROWDING; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION; INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALNUTRITION; NEGLECT; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROCONVERSION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TROPICAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; POVERTY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

EID: 76249115303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000606     Document Type: Editorial

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