Africa's 9th malaria day celebration in 2009 and its bearing on most vulnerable groups

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 294-297

  Jombo, Godwin T ^a   Mbaawuaga, Emmanuel M ^a   Anongu, Sebastin T ^a   Egah, Danie Z ^b   Enenebeaku, Maximus N ^b   Okwori, Emmanuel E ^a   Ejezie, Chuks G ^c   Bassey, Ima ^c   Odey, Friday ^c  

^a BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c University of Calarar   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Incidence; Malaria

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SMEAR; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 77951735986     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60072-7     Document Type: Article

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