Teaching mothers to provide home treatment of malaria in Tigray, Ethiopia: A randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9229, 2000, Pages 550-555

  Kidane, Gebreyesus ^a   Morrow, Richard H ^a  

^a John H ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0034641548     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02580-0     Document Type: Article

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