Health-seeking behaviour for febrile illness in malaria-endemic Kolasib district, Mizoram, India

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 314-319

  Lalchhuanawma, Renthlei ^a   Murhekar, Manoj V ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Febrile illness; Health seeking behaviour; India; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84870240900     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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