The influence of individual preventive measures on the clinical severity of malaria among Nigerian children

Acta Tropica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-372

  Amodu, O K ^a,b   Olumese, P E ^c   Gbadegesin, R A ^a   Ayoola, O O ^a   Adeyemo, A A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; MALARIA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMED CONSENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PARENT; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BEDDING AND LINENS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NIGERIA;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

INSECTA;

EID: 33644535483     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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