Social connectedness and disease transmission: Social organization, cohesion, village context, and infection risk in rural Ecuador

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2233-2239

  Zelner, Jonathan L ^a   Trostle, James ^b   Goldstick, Jason E ^c   Cevallos, William ^d   House, James S ^c   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECUADOR; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ECUADOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84869188571     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300795     Document Type: Article

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