Perspective piece: The economic case for combating malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 819-823

  Purdy, Mark ^a   Robinson, Matthew ^a   Wei, Kuangyi ^a   Rublin, David ^a  

^a ACCENTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; REVIEW; DISEASE ERADICATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84888627792     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0689     Document Type: Review

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