Migration and urban schistosomiasis. The case of São Lourenço da Mata, Northeast of Brazil Migração e esquistossomose urbana. O caso de São Lourenço da Mata, Nordeste do Brasil
A population-based case-control design was used to investigate the association between migration, urbanisation and schistosomiasis in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Northeast of Brazil. 1022 cases and 994 controls, aged 10 to 25, were selected. The natives and the migrants who come from endemic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2000-08-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652000000400006 |