Early diagnosis and treatment of malaria in a refugee population in Sri Lanka

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-17

  Van Der Hoek, W ^a,d   Premasiri, Dar ^b   Wickremasinghe, A R ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Anti Malaria Campaign Head Office   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^d NONE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMAQUINE; REFUGEES; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SRI LANKA; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0031090372     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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