Fever, malaria and primary repetition rates amongst school children in Mali: Combining demographic and health surveys (DHS) with spatial malariological measures

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 314-323

  Thuilliez, Josselin ^a  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Fever; Malaria; Mali; Primary education; Spatial measures

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GIS; GPS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALARIA; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALI; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

MALI;

EID: 77953683115     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.034     Document Type: Article

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