Household decision-making process and childhood cerebral malaria in The Gambia

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-402

  Okoko, Brown J ^a,b   Yamuah, Lawrence K ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cerebral malaria; Culture; Gambia; Health seeking; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALARIA; CAREGIVER; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DECISION MAKING; FEVER; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

EID: 33644537338     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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