Early childhood malaria prevention and children's patterns of school leaving in the Gambia

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 483-501

  Zuilkowski, Stephanie S ^a   Jukes, Matthew C H ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Madrassa; Malaria; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DAPSONE; DAPSONE PLUS PYRIMETHAMINE; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROPOUT; DRUG COMBINATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MADRASSA; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL; STUDENT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DROPOUT; MADRASSA; MALARIA; THE GAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; DAPSONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906313423     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12033     Document Type: Article

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