Malaria and poverty

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 32-37

  Teklehaimanot, Awash ^a   Mejia, Paola ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Malaria; Poverty; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 45549107155     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.037     Document Type: Review

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