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ERIC Number: EJ179803
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Schistosomiasis: The World's Number One Health Problem
Mallon, Elizabeth J.
American Biology Teacher, 39, 7, 424-6,429, Oct 77
Provides an informative discussion of the disease called schistosomiasis. The discussion covers environmental factors contributing to the disease, its symptoms, the disease organism and its vectors, and treatment of the disease. The author points out the need for water and soil pollution control in disease prone areas. (MR)
Descriptors: Disease Control, Diseases, Ecology, Environmental Education, Health Education, Pollution, Public Health, Special Health Problems, Waste Disposal, World Problems
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