Re-assessing community-directed treatment: Evidence from mazabuka district, Zambia

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 28-44

  Halwindi, H ^a   Magnussen, P ^b   Siziya, S ^c   Meyrowitsch, D W ^d   Olsen, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; ZAMBIA;

ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; RURAL HEALTH; SOIL; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84917698236     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932014000170     Document Type: Article

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