A national baseline prevalence survey of schistosomiasis in the philippines using stratified two-step systematic cluster sampling design

Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Leonardo, Lydia ^a   Rivera, Pilarita ^a   Saniel, Ofelia ^a   Villacorte, Elena ^a   Lebanan, May Antonnette ^a   Crisostomo, Bobby ^b   Hernandez, Leda ^c   Baquilod, Mario ^c   Erce, Edgardo ^c   Martinez, Ruth ^c   Velayudhan, Raman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b Philippine Health Insurance Incorporated   (Philippines)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HELMINTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STRATIFIED SAMPLE;

EID: 84858328450     PISSN: 16879686     EISSN: 16879694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/936128     Document Type: Article

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