Is there a role for patent medicine vendors in tuberculosis control in southern Nigeria?

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 567-577

  Onyeneho, Nkechi G ^a   Chukwu, Joseph N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Klinikum der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Patent medicine vendor; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 78649649745     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i6.6605     Document Type: Article

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