Malaria and mortality: Some epidemiological considerations

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 811-825

  Molineaux, L ^a  

^a Peney dessus   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BEHAVIOR; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; LONGTERM EFFECTS; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MORTALITY; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WORLD;

ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0030664566     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989760572     Document Type: Article

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