Maternal responses to childhood fevers: A comparison of rural and urban residents in coastal Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 836-845

  Molyneux, C S ^a,b   Mung'ala Odera, V ^a   Harpham, T ^c   Snow, R W ^b,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health facility access; Kenya; Malaria; Maternal treatment seeking; Shops

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIMALARIALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MOTHERS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

KENYA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033404296     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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