Selective ambulatory management of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in paediatric refugees

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 983-986

  Cherian, Sarah ^a   Burgner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIMALARIALS; ATOVAQUONE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROGUANIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUININE; REFUGEES;

EID: 35748983513     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.114801     Document Type: Article

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