Providing practical estimates of malaria burden for health planners in resource-poor countries

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 162-167

  Agyepong, Irene Akua ^a   Kangeya Kayonda, Jane ^b  

^a Regional Health Administration Cape Coast   (Ghana)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY;

EID: 4344622096     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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