Accessibility to and utilisation of schistosomiasis-related health services in a rural area of state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 587-597

  Reis, Dener Carlos Dos ^a,d   Kloos, Helmut ^b   King, Charles ^c   Quites, Humberto Ferreira Oliveira ^a,d   Matoso, Leonardo Ferreira ^a,d   Coelho, Kellen Rosa ^a,d   Gazzinelli, Andrea ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Inst Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health seeking behaviour; Schistosomiasis; Spatial

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 77955476588     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400039     Document Type: Article

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