Self-reported compliance with last malaria treatment and occurrence of malaria during follow-up in a Brazilian Amazon population

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 518-524

  Duarte, Elisabeth Carmen ^a   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Compliance; Indicator; Malaria treatment; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

COMPLIANCE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; RISK FACTOR; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPEN STUDY; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

BRAZIL;

ARACHNIDA; CAESALPINIA CILIATA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0038650609     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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