Self-treatment of fever in the northern district of dakar, senegal;l'automédication de la fièvre dans le district nord de dakar, au sénégal

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-78

  Ndiaye, P ^a   Tal Dia, A ^a   Diedhiou, A ^a   Juergens Behr, A ^b   Lemort, J P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Fever; Malaria; Self treatment; Senegal; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; SELF CARE; SENEGAL; SHIVERING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF MEDICATION; SENEGAL;

EID: 33646195023     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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