Retrospective survey of human hydatidosis in Bahir Dar, north-western Ethiopia;Étude rétrospective sur l'hydatidose humaine à bahir dar, au nord-ouest de l'éthiopie

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 937-941

  Kebede, N ^a   Mitiku, A ^b   Tilahun, G ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Bahir Dar Regional Laboratory institute   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKER;

EID: 78751614667     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.9.937     Document Type: Article

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