Effects of bed nets and anti-malaria drugs use on childhood mortality in Kenya's malaria endemic and epidemic areas Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  K'Oyugi, Boniface O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anti malaria drugs; Bed nets; Childhood mortality; Kenya; Malaria epidemic and endemic

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AGE; BED NET; BREAST FEEDING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SANITATION; UTILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIMALARIALS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO NETS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84938846751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1398-x     Document Type: Article

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