Introducing insecticide impregnated bednets in an area of low bednet usage: An exploratory study in north-east Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 328-333

  Gyapong, Margaret ^a   Gyapong, John O ^a   Amankwa, Joseph ^a   Asedem, James ^a   Sory, Elias ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

acceptability; exploratory study; impregnated bednets; nuisance

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL CLASS; VECTOR CONTROL;

HEXAPODA;

IMPREGNATED BEDNETS; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO NET;

GHANA, UPPER EAST REGION, KASSENA NANKANA DISTRICT;

EID: 0029669873     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-41.x     Document Type: Article

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