Imported malaria in the UK

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7661, 2008, Pages 62-63

  Zuckerman, Jane N ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALARIA; MIGRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VECTOR CONTROL; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TRAVEL;

EID: 47549100617     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a135     Document Type: Editorial

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