Malaria-related perceptions and practices of women with children under the age of five years in rural Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Deressa, Wakgari ^a   Ali, Ahmed ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MENTAL DISEASE; RURAL AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 69149089646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-259     Document Type: Article

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