Promoting operational research on insecticide-treated netting: A joint TDR/IDRC initiative and call for research proposals

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-276

  Lengeler, C ^a,b   Lines, J D ^a   Cattani, J ^c   Feilden, R ^d   Zimicki, S ^e   De Savigny, D ^f  

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

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Riverside Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Bednets; Child survival; Disease control; Malaria; Operational research; Vector control

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BED NET; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; SHORT SURVEY; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0029945701     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00038.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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