Is education a determinant of knowledge about malaria among Indian tribal population?

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-117

  Sharma, A K ^a   Aggarwal, O P ^a   Chaturvedi, S ^a   Bhasin, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Literacy; Malaria; Tribal Population

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLLEGE; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4444223022     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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