Malaria incidence in rural Benin: Does economics matter in endemic area?

Health Policy

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-102

  Mensah, Omer A ^a,c   Kumaranayake, Lilani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c OMS AFRO ^*  (Congo)

Author keywords

Incidence; Malaria; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENIN; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1642316243     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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