Battling the malaria iceberg with chloroquine in India

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sharma, Vinod P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; FANSIDAR; SESQUITERPENE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLISTER PACK; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHLOROQUINE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PYRIMETHAMINE; SESQUITERPENES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SULFADOXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34848854773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-105     Document Type: Review

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