A study on some aspects of the epidemiology of malaria in an endemic district in Northern Peninsular Malaysia near Thailand border

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 537-540

  Rahman, W A ^a   Adanan, C R ^a   Abu Hassan, A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 0032149394     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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