Imported malaria and conflict? 50 Years of experience in the U.S. military

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 925-928

  Porter, William D ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE; PERMETHRIN; PRIMAQUINE;

ARMY; BED NET; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFLICT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOMALIA; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; WAR;

EID: 33750047855     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.10.925     Document Type: Review

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