A household survey of source, availability, and use of antimalarials in a rural area of Tanzania

Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1025-1032

  Nsimba, Stephen E D ^a   Warsame, Marian ^b   Tomson, Göran ^b   Massele, Amos Y ^a   Mbatiya, Zebwe A ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antimalarial drags; Drug stores; Households; Public health facilities; Treatment seeking practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996148426     PISSN: 21684790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286159903300407     Document Type: Article

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