From efficacy to effectiveness: Insecticide-treated bednets in Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-

  Lengeler, C ^a,b   Snow, R W ^c  

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

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT CONTROL; MALARIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

AFRICA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

IMPREGNATED BEDNETS; MALARIA CONTROL; PROGRAMME EVALUATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0029737678     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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