Malaria prophylaxis prescribed for travellers from New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1050, 1997, Pages 319-321

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Heydon, John L ^b   Menon, Arun ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kunde Hospital   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MALOPRIM; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; TRAVEL;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DAPSONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PYRIMETHAMINE; TRAVEL;

EID: 1842293990     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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