Opportunities and obstacles to the elimination of malaria from Peninsular Malaysia: Knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria among aboriginal and rural communities

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Al Adhroey, Abdulelah H ^a   Nor, Zurainee M ^a   Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; BREEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOREST; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; WITCHCRAFT; ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955293210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-137     Document Type: Article

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