The persistent problem of malaria: Addressing the fundamental causes of a global killer

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 854-862

  Stratton, Leeanne ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^b   Kruk, Margaret E ^b   Bell, Michelle L ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Environment; Malaria; Political economy; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLORPHENOTANE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; PERSISTENCE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALARIA; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 47549102733     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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