Are there geographic and socio-economic differences in incidence, burden and prevention of malaria? A study in southeast Nigeria

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Dike, Nkem ^a,b   Okoli, Chijioke ^a   Eze, Soludo ^a   Chukwuogo, Ogoamaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 74849125922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-45     Document Type: Article

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