Knowledge, treatment-seeking, and socioeconomic impact of malaria on the Essequibo Coast of Guyana

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-25

  Booth, Christopher M ^a,c   MacLean, J Dick ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GUYANA; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; READING; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 12344299912     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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