Participation of African social scientists in malaria control: Identifying enabling and constraining factors

Malaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ngalame, Paulyne M ^a,b   Williams, Holly Ann ^b   Jones, Caroline ^c   Nyamongo, Isaac ^d   Diop, Samba ^e   Gaspar, Felisbela ^f  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATION; INTERVIEW; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TELEFACSIMILE; WRITING;

EID: 33751372447     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-47     Document Type: Article

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