Incidence of kala-azar in Nepal: Estimating the effects of individual and household characteristics

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 720-725

  Adhikari, Shiva Raj ^a   Supakankunti, Siripen ^a   Khan, Mahmud M ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household and individual characteristics; Kala azar; Nepal; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEPAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 77957931085     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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