A cohort study of lymphatic filariasis on socio economic conditions in Andhra Pradesh, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Upadhyayula, Suryanaryana Murty ^a   Mutheneni, Srinivasa Rao ^a   Kadiri, Madhusudhan Rao ^a   Kumaraswamy, Sriram ^a   Nagalla, Balakrishna ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FILARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858595064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033779     Document Type: Article

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