Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with malaria infection among children under five years in Tanzania

PAUL Edwin
  • PAUL Edwin
  • Department of Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Dodoma, Tanzania.
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MSENGWA Amina S.
  • MSENGWA Amina S.
  • Department of Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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  •  Received: 10 July 2018
  •  Accepted: 13 August 2018
  •  Published: 30 November 2018

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