Syphilis Among The Navajo Indians

Description: 

Utilizing mass survey records and hospital and lab records, authors believes that the prevalence of syphilis for the Navajo population is probably less than 5%. When compared with other major public health problems on the Navajo Reservation, such as infant diarrhea, enteritis, tuberculosis, and maternal and infant mortality, author believes that syphilis os only a secondary health problem. Tables. Line graph. Bibliography.

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Diseases, Miscellaneous
Original Date: 
1951
Creator: 
Pousma Rh.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
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Source: 
Southwestern Medicine; McCammon, CS; Dufner, FJ; Felsman, FW. Syphilis among the Navajo Indians. J Vener Dis Inform 1951;32:28-33.
Identifier: 
9901993
Subject: 
Statistics, Syphilis
Type: 
Monograph