Longitudinal study of urban malaria in a cohort of Ugandan children: Description of study site, census and recruitment

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Davis, Jennifer C ^a   Clark, Tamara D ^a   Kemble, Sarah K ^a   Talemwa, Nalugwa ^b   Njama Meya, Denise ^b   Staedke, Sarah G ^a   Dorsey, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

AGING; BEDDING AND LINENS; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY AREAS; UGANDA; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646358715     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-18     Document Type: Article

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