Newer drug combinations for malaria

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7455, 2004, Pages 1511-1512

  Barnish, Guy ^a   Bates, Imelda ^a   Iboro, James ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mount Hagen General Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALARIA; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 3042741073     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7455.1511     Document Type: Editorial

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