Malaria prevention practices in Mopti region, Mali

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 396-402

  Rhee, M ^a,d   Sissoko, M ^b   Perry, S ^a   Dicko, A ^b   McFarland, W ^c   Doumbo, O ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALI; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; MALI; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 24944484187     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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