Determinants of delay in malaria treatment-seeking behaviour for under-five children in south-west Ethiopia: A case control study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Getahun, Alemayehu ^a   Deribe, Kebede ^b   Deribew, Amare ^c  

^a WOLLEGA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Fayya Development Association   (Ethiopia)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MONOGAMY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149337590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-320     Document Type: Article

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