Knowledge, attitude and practice towards malaria in rural communities of the epidemic-prone Thar Desert, Northwestern India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-136

  Yadav, S P ^a   Tyagi, B K ^a   Ramnath, T ^a  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DESERT CLIMATE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0033139825     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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