Trachoma control in two Central Australian Aboriginal communities: A case study

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-375

  Lansingh, Van C ^a   Mukesh, Bickol N ^b   Keeffe, Jill E ^a,c   Taylor, Hugh R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^c VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Children; Prevalence; SAFE intervention; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRACHOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; TRACHOMA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION;

EID: 77956191211     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-010-9360-5     Document Type: Article

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