Household and microeconomic factors associated with malaria in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-147

  Coleman, Marlize ^a   Coleman, Michael ^b   Mabaso, Musa L H ^c   Mabuza, Aaron M ^d   Kok, Geraldine ^d   Coetzee, Maureen ^e,f   Durrheim, David N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d Mpumalanga Department of Health and Social Services   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case control study; Malaria; Microeconomic factors; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 75149155598     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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