Title Gender, behavior, and health : schistosomiasis transmission and control in rural Egypt / Samiha El-Katsha and Susan Watts

Published Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 229 pages) : illustrations, map Series Dar el kutub ; no. 5377/02 Dar el kutub ; no. 5377/02 Contents Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Appendix: Methodology -- Bibliography -- Index Summary An estimated 200 million people in the world suffer from schistosomiasis and according to the World Health Organization it ranks second behind malaria in terms of socioeconomic and public health importance in tropical and subtropical areas. This is a study of the disease in rural Egypt Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Women -- Health and hygiene -- Egypt Schistosomiasis -- Egypt Rural health -- Egypt Schistosomiasis -- Sex factors -- Egypt Rural health. Sex factors in disease. Women -- Health and hygiene. Schistosomiasis mansoni -- epidemiology Schistosomiasis mansoni -- prevention & control Schistosomiasis mansoni -- transmission Rural Health Sex Factors Women's Health MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Public Health. Sex factors in disease Rural health Schistosomiasis Women -- Health and hygiene SUBJECT Egypt Subject Egypt Form Electronic book Author Watts, Susan J ISBN 1417522895 9781417522897 1617970247 9781617970245 1936190168 9781936190164

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