Access to artemisinin-based anti-malarial treatment and its related factors in rural Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khatib, Rashid A ^a   Selemani, Majige ^a   Mrisho, Gumi A ^a   Masanja, Irene M ^a,b,c   Amuri, Mbaraka ^a   Njozi, Mustafa H ^a   Kajungu, Dan ^d   Kuepfer, Irene ^b,c   Abdulla, Salim M ^a   De Savigny, Don ^b,c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877053096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-155     Document Type: Article

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