Expanding access to malaria diagnosis through retail shops in western kenya: What do shop workers think?

Malaria Research and Treatment

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rusk, Andria ^a   Goodman, Catherine ^b   Naanyu, Violet ^c   Koech, Beatrice ^c   Obala, Andrew ^c,d   O'Meara, Wendy Prudhomme ^a,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d Webuye Demographic Surveillance Site Scientific Steering Committee   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84899654983     PISSN: 20908075     EISSN: 20444362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/398143     Document Type: Article

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