Contribution of sex-linked biology and gender roles to disparities with trachoma

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2012-2016

  Courtright, Paul ^a,c,d,e   West, Sheila K ^b  

^a TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Intl Soc Geogr Epidemiol O   (Tanzania)

^e Kilimanjaro Ctr Comm Ophthalmol   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CHILD CARE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA OPACITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; RECURRENCE RISK; SCAR FORMATION; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

EID: 7644237140     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1011.040353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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