Social mobilisation, drug coverage and compliance and adverse reactions in a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Sri Lanka

Filaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Weerasooriya, Mirani V ^a   Yahathugoda, Channa T ^a   Wickramasinghe, Darshana ^a   Gunawardena, Kithsiri N ^a   Dharmadasa, Rohan A ^a   Vidanapathirana, Kanchana K ^a   Weerasekara, Saman H ^a   Samarawickrema, Wilfred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG USE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SRI LANKA; SYNCOPE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

EID: 38349143412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-6-11     Document Type: Article

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