Management of malaria in Benin: Evaluation of the practices of healthcare professionals following the introduction of artemisinin derivatives;Prise en charge du paludisme au Bénin: Évaluation des pratiques professionnelles suite à l'introduction des dérives d'artémisinine

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 561-564

  Ogouyemi Hounto, A ^a   Kinde Gazard, D ^a   Nahum, A ^b   Abdillahi, A ^c   Massougbodji, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b Centre de Recherche et d'Entomologie   (Benin)

^c Clinique Privée   (Benin)

Author keywords

Artemisinin derivates; Benin; Malaria; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BENIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MONOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BENIN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 77649200647     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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