A review on high burden of malaria during pregnancy: Need of social science intervention

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Purohit, Bishwaranjan ^a   Mahapatra, Amarendra ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Choloroquine; Malaria; Pregnancy; Preventive intermittent treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449587604     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2009.11886334     Document Type: Article

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