Kala azar in Nepal: Estimating the effects of socioeconomic factors on disease incidence

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Adhikari, S R ^a   Supakankunti, S ^a   Khan, M M ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kala azar; Leishmaniasis; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77953655526     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i1.3225     Document Type: Article

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