Incidence of malaria among children living near dams in northern Ethiopia: Community based incidence survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7211, 1999, Pages 663-666

  Ghebreyesus, Tedros A ^a   Haile, Mitiku ^a   Witten, Karen H ^b   Getachew, Asefaw ^c   Yohannes, Ambachew M ^a   Yohannes, Mekonnen ^a   Teklehaimanot, Hailay D ^d   Lindsay, Steven W ^a   Byass, Peter ^a  

^a Tigray Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR;

EID: 0033546946     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7211.663     Document Type: Article

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