Sociocultural barriers and malaria health care in Tanzania

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-322

  Nsimba, Stephen E D ^a   Kayombo, Edmund J ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Malaria; Primary health care; Tanzania; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALARIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 47849102187     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278708320164     Document Type: Short Survey

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