Malaria parasitemia and childhood diarrhea in a peri-urban area of Guinea-Bissau

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 336-338

  Sodemann, Morten ^a   Jakobsen, Marianne S ^a   Mølbak, Kåre ^a,b   Alvarenga, Inacio C ^a   Martins, Cesário ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Projecto de Saude de Bandim   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032806472     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.336     Document Type: Article

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