Use of proxy measures in estimating socioeconomic inequalities in malaria prevalence

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-364

  Somi, Masha F ^a,c   Butler, James R ^a   Vahid, Farshid ^a   Njau, Joseph D ^b   Kachur, S P ^b   Abdulla, Salim ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset index; Consumption; Malaria; Socioeconomic status; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALARIA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 41849104124     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02009.x     Document Type: Article

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