Improved diagnostic testing and malaria treatment practices in Zambia.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

• Publication date

  2007-05-23

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1001/JAMA.297.20.2227PMID 17519412PMCID PMC2674546
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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