Malaria prevention in north-eastern Tanzania: Patterns of expenditure and determinants of demand at the household level

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  McElroy, Brendan ^a   Wiseman, Virginia ^b   Matovu, Fred ^b   Mwengee, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BED NET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; BED; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149147797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-95     Document Type: Article

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