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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 99, 2005 - Issue 5
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Where do people from different socio–economic groups receive diagnosis and treatment for presumptive malaria, in south–eastern Nigeria?

O. OnwujekweGates Malaria PartnershipLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49–51 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, U.K; Health Policy Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 01129, Enugu, Nigeria
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J. OjukwuDepartment of Paediatrics, Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 077, Abakaliki, Nigeria
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B. UzochukwuDepartment of Community MedicineCollege of Medicine, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 01129, Enugu, Nigeria
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N. DikeHealth Policy Research UnitDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 01129, Enugu, Nigeria
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A. IkemeDepartment of Obstetrics and GynaecologyCollege of Medicine, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 01129, Enugu, Nigeria
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E. ShuHealth Policy Research UnitDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 01129, Enugu, Nigeria
Pages 473-481 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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