The management of fevers in Kenyan children and adults in an area of seasonal malaria transmission

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-115

  Guyatt, Helen L ^a,b,c   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adults; Fevers; Kenya; Malaria; Self medication; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 1642513743     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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