Geographical analysis of the role of water supply and sanitation in the risk of helminth infections of children in West Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 20084-20089

  Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J ^a   Barnett, Adrian G ^b   Clements, Archie C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIPELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CHILD; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84055181346     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106784108     Document Type: Article

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