Illness-related practices for the management of childhood malaria among the Bwatiye people of north-eastern Nigeria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Akogun, Oladele B ^a   John, Kauna K ^a  

^a Box 5124   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; SELF MEDICATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 18044380479     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-13     Document Type: Article

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