Role of shops and shopkeepers in malaria control

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 390-394

  Ongore, D ^a   Nyabola, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; COMMERCE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030159176     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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