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El-Katsha, Samiha.

Gender, behavior, and health : schistosomiasis transmission and control in rural Egypt / Samiha El-Katsha and Susan Watts. - Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2002. - 1 online resource (xx, 229 pages) : illustrations, map - Dar el kutub ; no. 5377/02 . - Dar el kutub ; no. 5377/02. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index.

""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Acronyms""; ""Glossary""; ""Appendix: Methodology""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

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.


English.

ISBN: 1417522895 9781417522897 1617970247 9781617970245 1936190168 9781936190164

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101168620 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
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
Bilharziose--Égypte.
Santé rurale--Égypte.
Bilharziose--Facteurs sexuels--Égypte.
Santé rurale.
Maladies--Facteurs sexuels.
Femmes--Santé et hygiène.
MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
Rural health.
Schistosomiasis.
Women--Health and hygiene.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt
Egypt.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic book.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RA644.S3 / E45 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 614.5530962

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2003 E-785 WC 810 / E43g 2002