Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards malaria among primary school pupils in Ndirande, Blantyre, Malawi

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-93

  Muula, Adamson S ^a   Chimalizeni, Yamikani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Ctr for Hlth and Pop Studies   (Malawi)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; STUDENTS;

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EID: 2342471327     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400210     Document Type: Article

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