Teaching health workers malaria diagnosis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 0108-0110

  Icke, Graham ^b   Davis, Richard ^b   McConnell, William ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; ONLINE SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; TEACHING; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTERNET; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALARIA;

EID: 15744373310     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020011     Document Type: Short Survey

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