Perceptions of malaria in a low endemic area in the Philippines: Transmission and prevention of disease

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-239

  Espino, Fe ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^b   Acuin, Cecile ^c   Domingo, Fe ^d   Ventura, Elizabeth ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

malaria; Philippines; social and cultural aspects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILIPPINES; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0030937248     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00623-7     Document Type: Article

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