Evaluation of the Health-related Quality of Life of Children in Schistosoma haematobium-endemic Communities in Kenya: A Cross-sectional Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Terer, Carolyn C ^a   Bustinduy, Amaya L ^b   Magtanong, Ruth V ^c   Muhoho, Ng'ethe ^a   Mungai, Peter L ^b   Muchiri, Eric M ^d   Kitron, Uriel ^e   King, Charles H ^b   Mutuku, Francis M ^e  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84875977997     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002106     Document Type: Article

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