Poverty and fever vulnerability in Nigeria: A multilevel analysis

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Yusuf, Oyindamola B ^a   Adeoye, Babatunde W ^b   Oladepo, Oladimeji O ^a   Peters, David H ^c   Bishai, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; MALARIA; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO NETS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955693155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-235     Document Type: Article

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