Artemisinin-based combination treatment in home-based management of malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 621-622

  Pagnoni, Franco ^a   Kengeya Kayondo, Jane ^a   Ridley, Robert ^a   Were, Wilson ^a   Nafo Traoré, Fatoumata ^a   Namboze, Josephine ^b   Sirima, Sodiomon ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^c Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALARIA;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 20444375492     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01413.x     Document Type: Letter

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