Cost risk benefit analysis to support chemoprophylaxis policy for travellers to malaria endemic countries

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Massad, Eduardo ^a,b   Behrens, Ben C ^c   Coutinho, Francisco A B ^a   Behrens, Ronald H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALARIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; AFRICA; BRAZIL; COST; ECONOMICS; INDONESIA; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THAILAND;

AFRICA, WESTERN; BRAZIL; CHEMOPREVENTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 79955978492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-130     Document Type: Article

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