Malaria: Knowledge, behaviour and practices among a rural population of Gossas, Senegal;Le paludisme: Connaissance, attitudes et pratiques des chefs de ménage de la population rurale de Gossas, Sénégal

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-293

  Ndour, C T ^a   Ba, O ^a   Manga, N M ^a   Fortes, M L ^a   Nyamwasa, D ^a   Sow, P S ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Gossas; Knowledge; Malaria; Prevention; Senegal; Sub Saharan Africa; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL;

EID: 33845592789     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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