Medicinal plants and malaria: an historical case study of research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the twentieth century

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 707-714

  Taylor, Suzanne ^a   Berridge, Virginia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Malaria; Plant medicines

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLORPHENOTANE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; CINCHONA EXTRACT; INSECTICIDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLASMOQUINE; QUININE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BED NET; CASE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISININS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH; SESQUITERPENES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33745003926     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.11.017     Document Type: Review

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