Is malaria illness among young children a cause or a consequence of low socioeconomic status? Evidence from the united Republic of Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Castro, Marcia Caldas ^a   Fisher, Monica G ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework malaria poverty causality; Malaria; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; WEALTH INDEX;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84860856698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-161     Document Type: Article

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