Compliance with malaria chemoprophylaxis and preventative measures against mosquito bites among Dutch travellers

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 705-713

  Cobelens, Frank G J ^a,c   Leentvaar Kuijpers, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chemoprophylaxis; chloroquine; compliance; Falciparum malaria; m osquito bites; prevention; proguanil; travel

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PROGUANIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NETHERLANDS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0030741542     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-357.x     Document Type: Article

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