Care-seeking behavior for fever in children under five years in an Urban Area in Eastern Sudan

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-28

  Salah, Muntasir ^a   Adam, Ishag ^b   Malik, Elfatih ^c  

^a Ribat University

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Fever; Malaria; Sudan.; Treatment seeking behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868119347     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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