Mass drug administration against filariasis in India: Perceptions and practices in a rural community in Kerala

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 617-624

  Aswathy, S ^a   Beteena, K ^a   Leelamoni, K ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DROWSINESS; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SWELLING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBENDAZOLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449124460     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349809X12459740922255     Document Type: Article

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