Socioeconomic and environmental factors important for acquiring non-severe malaria in children in Yemen: a case-control study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-78

  Al Taiar, Abdullah ^a   Assabri, Ali ^a   Al Habori, Molham ^a   Azazy, Ahmed ^a   Algabri, Arwa ^b   Alganadi, Mohammed ^b   Whitty, Christopher J M ^c   Jaffar, Shabbar ^c  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b Yemeni Swedish Hospital   (Yemen)

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

Author keywords

Children; Malaria; Middle East; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; OCCUPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL; YEMEN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; YEMEN;

EID: 56949096473     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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