Knowledge, attitudes and practice about malaria in rural Tigray, Ethiopia

Global Health Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Paulander, Johan ^a   Olsson, Henrik ^a   Lemma, Hailemariam ^b   Getachew, Asefaw ^b   San Sebastian, Miguel ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Tigray Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitude; Ethiopia; Knowledge; Malaria; Practice; Tigray

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857780689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.1839     Document Type: Article

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