Review: Provider practice and user behavior interventions to improve prompt and effective treatment of malaria: do we know what works?

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on March 01, 2009

Authors

Lucy A Smith1, Caroline Jones, Sylvia Meek, Jayne Webster

Author Affiliations

1: Disease Control and Vector Biology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom. Lucy.Smith@lshtm.ac.uk

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