Access to artemisinin combination therapy for malaria in remote areas of Cambodia.

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Published in Malar J on May 29, 2008

Authors

Shunmay Yeung1, Wim Van Damme, Doung Socheat, Nicholas J White, Anne Mills

Author Affiliations

1: Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. shunmay@tropmedres.ac

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