Household responses to malaria and their costs: A study from rural Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-130

  Konradsen, F ^a   Van Der Hoek, W ^a   Amerasinghe, P H ^b   Amerasinghe, F P ^b   Fonseka, K T ^b  

^a Intl Irrigat Mgmt Inst Hq   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Household expenditure; Household responses; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COST; DIET; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INCOME; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RURAL AREA; SRI LANKA; SYMPTOM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0031004334     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90194-2     Document Type: Article

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