Randomized controlled trials of malaria intervention trials in Africa, 1948 to 2007: A descriptive analysis

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lutje, Vittoria ^a   Gerritsen, Annette ^b   Siegfried, Nandi ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALARIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952541198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-61     Document Type: Article

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