Malaria epidemiology and control in refugee camps and complex emergencies

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 741-754

  Rowland, M ^a   Nosten, F ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FANSIMEF; INSECTICIDE; MEFLOQUINE;

AFGHANISTAN; BREEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FIRST AID; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MYANMAR; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLITICS; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; THAILAND; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED NATIONS;

AFGHANISTAN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MALARIA; REFUGEES; THAILAND; WAR;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035656871     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034980120103405     Document Type: Review

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