Social and cultural factors affecting rates of regular retreatment of mosquito nets with insecticide in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 760-770

  Winch, Peter J ^a,d   Makemba, Ahmed M ^b   Makame, Viola R ^b   Mfaume, Mfaume S ^b   Lynch, Matthew C ^a   Premji, Zul ^b,c   Minjas, Japhet N ^b,c   Shiff, Clive J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bagamoyo Bed Net Project   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

insecticide treated bednets; re treatment; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

IMPREGNATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDE USE; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO NET;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; MOSQUITO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BAGAMOYO DISTRICT; TANZANIA;

INSECTA;

EID: 0030849832     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-376.x     Document Type: Article

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