Evaluation of mood profiles during malaria chemoprophylaxis: A randomized, double-blind, four-arm study

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-45

  Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^a   Johnson, Richard ^b   Schwartz, Eli ^c   Nothdurft, Hans D ^d   Steffen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MALARIA; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIMALARIALS; ATOVAQUONE; CHLOROGUANIDE; CHLOROQUINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALARIA; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449087665     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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