From home to hospital: Beliefs and practices related to severe malaria in Sudan

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-90

  Malik, Elfatih ^a   Nour, Sabah ^b   Hamid, Inas ^b   Elmardi, Khalid ^a   Mohamed, Tarig ^b   Ahmed, Eldirdieri ^a  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JUBA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

believes and practices; determinants of late consultation; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749529942     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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