The behaviour of homo sapiens, the forgotten factor in the transmission of tropical disease

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 12-20

  Gillett, J D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0021899798     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(85)90222-6     Document Type: Article

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