Who gets prompt access to artemisinin-based combination therapy? A prospective community-based study in children from rural kilosa, Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Simba, Daudi O ^a,b   Warsame, Marian ^b   Kakoko, Deodatus ^a   Mrango, Zakayo ^c   Tomson, Goran ^b   Premji, Zul ^a   Petzold, Max ^b,d  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; DRUG COMBINATION; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957773813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012104     Document Type: Article

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