Socio-economic differences and health seeking behaviour for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria: a case study of four local government areas operating the Bamako initiative programme in south-east Nigeria
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* Corresponding author: Benjamin SC Uzochukwu bscuzochukwu@yahoo.com
International Journal for Equity in Health 2004, 3:6 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-3-6
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