Prevention and treatment practices and implications for malaria control in Mukono District Uganda

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-296

  Mbonye, A K ^a   Bygbjerg, I C ^b   Magnussen, P ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 38349173118     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007002398     Document Type: Article

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