Social environment, behavior, and schistosomiasis in an urban population in the Northeast of Brazil
The objective of our study was to gain greater insight into the pattern of water contact in relation to schistosomiasis among residents of São Lourenço da Mata, a town in Pernambuco, a state in the Northeast of Brazil. We had two primary objectives: 1) to identify water contact activities that were...
Main Authors: | Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Brian Southgate, Peter G. Smith, Leonardo Guimaraes Neto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2001-01-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892001000100005&lng=en&tlng=en |
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