Community knowledge, attitude and practice about malaria in a low endemic setting of Shewa Robit Town, northeastern Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Abate, Andargie ^a   Degarege, Abraham ^b   Erko, Berhanu ^b  

^a Somali Regional State Health Office   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Ethiopia; Knowledge; Malaria prevalence; Practice; Shewa Robit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875869625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-312     Document Type: Article

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