Prevalence of clinical malaria among an orang asli community in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 665-673

  Kaur, Gurpreet ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 68649120944     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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