Lay knowledge and management of malaria in Baringo county, Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mutua, Edna N ^a,b   Bukachi, Salome A ^a   Bett, Bernard K ^b   Estambale, Benson A ^c   Nyamongo, Isaac K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Artemether lumefantrine; Emetics; Gender; Lay management; Malaria; Non compliance; Purgatives

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; MALE; MASCULINITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84988422817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1542-9     Document Type: Article

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