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020 _a1417522895
020 _a9781417522897
020 _a9789774247286
040 _aEG-GiCUC
_beng
_cEG-GiCUC
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_bara
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050 0 4 _aHQ1240.5.E3
_bW66 2002
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_a616.9630962 K1972
100 1 _aEl-Katsha, Samiha.
245 1 0 _aGender, behavior, and health : schistosomiasis transmission and control in rural Egypt /
_cSamiha El-Katsha and Susan Watts.
260 _aCairo, Egypt :
_bAmerican University in Cairo Press,
_c2002.
300 _axiv, 229 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
440 0 _aCairo papers in social science ;
_vv. 12, monograph 2
490 1 _aResearch series / Social Research Center ;
_vno. 1
500 _aSummary: 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references ([204]-220) and index.
650 0 _aRural health
_zEgypt.
650 0 _aSchistosomiasis
_zEgypt.
650 0 _aWomen
_xHealth and hygiene
_zEgypt.
700 1 _aEl-Katsha, Samiha.
830 0 _aResearch series (American University at Cairo. Social Research Center) ;
_vno. 1.
902 _a1
905 _aEman
_eRev.
905 _aJamal
_eCat.
942 _2ddc
_cBK
999 _c132630
_d132630