Predictors of knowledge about malaria in India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-197

  Sharma, Arun Kumar ^a   Bhasin, Sanjeev ^a   Chaturvedi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Malaria; Predictors; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548413145     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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