Attitude of health care workers to the involvement of alternative healthcare providers in the home management of childhood malaria

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-180

  Falade, Catherine O ^a,c   Osowole, Oyedunni S ^a   Adeniyi, Joshua D ^a   Oladepo, Oladimeji ^a   Oduola, Ayoade M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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EID: 21244490090     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/p57g-tt8a-amyg-uvtr     Document Type: Review

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