Association between Footwear Use and Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Tomczyk, Sara ^a   Deribe, Kebede ^b,c   Brooker, Simon J ^d   Clark, Hannah ^b   Rafique, Khizar ^b   Knopp, Stefanie ^e,f,g   Utzinger, Jürg ^f,g   Davey, Gail ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SHOE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HYGIENE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PARASITOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SANITATION; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

SOIL;

HUMANS; HYGIENE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SANITATION; SHOES; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84920439857     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003285     Document Type: Article

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