Compliance and tolerance of mefloquine and chloroquine + proguanil chemoprophylaxis in French short-term travellers to Africa;Chimioprophylaxie du paludisme : Tolérance et observance de la méfloquine et de l'association proguanil/chloroquine chez des touristes français

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 273-276

  Carme, B ^b   Peguet C ^b   Nevez, G ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Chloroquine; Compliance; Malaria; Mefloquine; Proguanil; Tolerance; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENEGAL; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROGUANIDE; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENEGAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031304803     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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