Applied Research for Better Disease Prevention and Control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sommerfeld, Johannes ^a   Ramsay, Andrew ^a   Pagnoni, Franco ^a   Terry, Robert F ^a   Guth, Jamie A ^a   Reeder, John C ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

APPLIED RESEARCH; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; FUNDING; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TRAINING; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84922252235     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003378     Document Type: Article

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