House replastering as a reason to shift from DDT spraying to synthetic pyrethroids

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 8 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 1024-1028

  Mnzava, A E P ^a   Ntuli, M V ^b   Sharp, B ^a   Mthembu, J D ^b   Ngxongo, S ^b   Le Sueur, D ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Department of Health ^*  (South Africa)

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