Community chloroquine distribution for malaria control in Bushenyi district of Uganda

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 569-574

  Nuwaha, F ^a   Okware, J ^b   Timbyetaho, H N ^c  

^a ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Directorate of Health Services   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 4644291514     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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