Knowledge, beliefs and practices relevant for malaria control in an endemic urban area of the Colombian Pacific

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 601-609

  Nieto, Tatiana ^a   Méndez, Fabian ^a,b   Carrasquilla, Gabriel ^c,d  

^a Inst Salud del Pacifico (INSALPA)   (Colombia)

^b Secretaria Departamental Salud Valle   (Colombia)

^c Fund FES Calle 64 N # 5 BN 146 ^*  (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombian Pacific; Community based malaria control; KAP studies; Malaria

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

BUENAVENTURA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 0345551899     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00134-3     Document Type: Article

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