Care-seeking patterns for fatal malaria in Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  De Savigny, Don ^a,b   Mayombana, Charles ^c   Mwageni, Eleuther ^d   Masanja, Honorati ^b,c   Minhaj, Abdulatif ^d   Mkilindi, Yahya ^d   Mbuya, Conrad ^b,e   Kasale, Harun ^b,e   Reid, Graham ^a,b  

^a Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project   (Tanzania)

^b INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d Rufiji Demogr Surveillance System   (Tanzania)

^e and Children   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 4844219861     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-27     Document Type: Article

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