Estimating mortality, morbidity and disability due to malaria among Africa's non-pregnant population

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 624-640

  Snow, R W ^a,b   Craig, M ^c   Deichmann, U ^d   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c National Malaria Research Programme   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; MALARIA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

AFRICA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032879805     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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