Unequal treatment access and malaria risk in a community-based intervention program in the Philippines

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 578-586

  Bell, D ^a   Go, R ^b   Miguel, C ^b   Parks, W ^a   Bryan, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

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EID: 24944482526     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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