Malaria control using permethrin applied to tents of nomadic Afghan refugees in northern Pakistan

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-421

  Bouma, M J ^a,b   Parvez, S D ^c   Nesbit, R ^d   Winkler, A M F ^a  

^a Departments of Medical Psychology   (Netherlands)

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

^c Natl Inst Malaria Res and Train   (Pakistan)

^d U Nations High Commissioner R   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; REFUGEE; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HOUSING; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NOMADS; PAKISTAN; PARASITIC DISEASES; PESTICIDES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGEES; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; AEROSOLS; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PAKISTAN; PERMETHRIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PYRETHRINS; REFUGEES;

AFGHAN REFUGEES; MALARIA CONTROL; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PERMETHRIN; VECTOR CONTROL;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0029663154     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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