Access to artemisinin combination therapy for malaria in remote areas of Cambodia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yeung, Shunmay ^a,b   Van Damme, Wim ^c   Socheat, Doung ^d   White, Nicholas J ^b   Mills, Anne ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d National Centre for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; BLOOD; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BLOOD; CAMBODIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 46749115416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-96     Document Type: Article

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