Malaria prevention among afghan refugees in a malarious area, southeastern Iran

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 340-345

  Basseri, H R ^a   Raeisi, A ^b   Holakouie, K ^a   Shanadeh, K ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Afghani refugees; Baluchestan; Bed net; Iran; Malaria protection; Middle South Asia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650511387     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13149-010-0050-3     Document Type: Article

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