RUMOURS, RIOTS and the REJECTION of MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION for the TREATMENT of SCHISTOSOMIASIS in MOROGORO, TANZANIA

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 48, Issue S1, 2016, Pages S16-S39

  Hastings, Julie ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; SOIL;

ADULT; CHILD; CIVIL DISORDER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL; STUDENT; TANZANIA; TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; RIOTS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SOIL; STUDENTS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84979073037     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932016000018     Document Type: Article

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