What's new in malaria control?

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 523-531

  Greenwood, B M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; HALOFANTRINE; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEFLOQUINE;

AFRICA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY;

EID: 0030747147     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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