Validity of mother's history regarding antimalarial drug use in Malawian children under five years old

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-68

  Nwanyanwu, Okey C ^a   Redd, Stephen C ^b   Ziba, Charles ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^b   Mount, Dwight L ^b   Franco, Ciro ^a   Nyasulu, Yohane ^a   Chitsulo, Lester ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaria; Parents' histories of prior treatment in children; Unreliability

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; SULFONAMIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030047032     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90482-4     Document Type: Article

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