Semiparametric models for malaria rapid diagnosis test result

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ayele, Dawit G ^a   Zewotir, Temesgen T ^a   Mwambi, Henry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AM; GAMM; Rapid diagnostic test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892395553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-31     Document Type: Article

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