Survey of trachoma within school students in the state of Roraima, Brazil

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1938-1943

  Medina, Norma Helen ^a   Lopes, Maria De Fatima ^b   Durkin, Shane R ^c   Cardoso, Maria Regina A ^d   Luna, Expedito A ^d   Koizumi, Inês K ^a   Brock, Karen Ruth ^e   Freitas, Helen Selma De Abreu ^b   Maurício, Maria Angela ^a  

^a Centro de Oftalmologia Sanitária   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Vigilncia Epidemiológica   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Secretaria de Estado da Sade de Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; TRACHOMA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHOMA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053614216     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.02.047     Document Type: Article

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