Short report: Comparing the effectiveness of shared versus private latrines in preventing trachoma in Rural Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-695

  Montgomery, Maggie A ^a   Desai, Mayur M ^b   Elimelech, Menachem ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; ADULT; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; TOILET FACILITIES; TRACHOMA;

EID: 77950937331     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0540     Document Type: Article

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