Which children come to the health centre for treatment of malaria?

Acta Tropica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Kofoed, Poul Erik ^a,b   Rodrigues, Amabelia ^a   Có, Fernando ^a,c   Hedegaard, Kathryn ^d   Rombo, Lars ^e,f   Aaby, Peter ^a,d  

^a Projecto de Saude de Bandim   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Lab Nac de Saúde Pub   (Guinea-Bissau)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^e Lab Nac da Saúde Pub   (Guinea-Bissau)

^f Division of Infectious Diseases Thoracic Medicine and Dermatology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Chloroquine; Crowding; Guinea Bissau; Home treatment; Malaria; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REGISTRATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFRICA; GUINEA-BISSAU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1642565129     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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