Social implications of malaria and their relationships with poverty

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ricci, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BRAIN MALARIA; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POVERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84875969195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2012.048     Document Type: Review

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