Insecticide-treated bednets reduce mortality and severe morbidity from malaria among children on the Kenyan coast

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-146

  Nevill, C G ^a,b   Some, E S ^a,b   Mung'ala, V O ^a   Mutemi, W ^a,c   New, L ^a   Marsh, K ^a,e   Lengeler, C ^d   Snow, R W ^a,e,f  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Childhood mortality; Insecticide treated bednets; Kenya; Malaria

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; VECTOR CONTROL;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; IMPREGNATED BEDNETS; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO NET;

KENYA;

EID: 0029669880     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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