Role of information and communication networks in malaria survival

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mozumder, Pallab ^a   Marathe, Achla ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMMUNITY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; TIME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MORTALITY;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALARIA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 36649032292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-136     Document Type: Article

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