Household survey of treatment of malaria in Hajjah, Yemen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 600-606

  Abdo Rabbo, A ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG MISUSE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SELF MEDICATION; YEMEN;

ANTIMALARIALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG COSTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YEMEN;

EID: 16844377340     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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