Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria among school children in an urban and rural area in the Mount Cameroon region

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Kimbi, H K ^a   Nformi, D ^a   Ndamukong, K J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION;

ANEMIA; CAMEROON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748441406     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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