Appropriate treatment of malaria? Use of antimalarial drugs for children's fevers in district medical units, drug shops and homes in eastern Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-316

  Nshakira, N ^a   Kristensen, Mogens ^a   Ssali, F ^a   Reynolds Whyte, S ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Compliance; Home treatment; Malaria treatment; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UGANDA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIMALARIALS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALARIA; MALE; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036271177     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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