Composite endpoints for malaria casemanagement: Not simplifying the picture?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cairns, Matthew E ^a   Leurent, Baptiste ^a   Milligan, Paul J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 84924303508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-494     Document Type: Review

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