Malaria treatment perceptions, practices and influences on provider behaviour: Comparing hospitals and non-hospitals in south-east Nigeria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Dike, Nkem ^b   Uguru, Nkoli ^a   Nwobi, Emmanuel ^a   Shu, Elvis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALARIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NIGERIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 73349110044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-246     Document Type: Article

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