Do insecticide-treated curtains reduce all-cause child mortality in Burkina Faso?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 855-862

  Habluetzel, A ^a,b   Diallo, D A ^a   Esposito, F ^b,c   Lamizana, L ^a   Pagnoni, F ^a,c   Lengeler, C ^d   Traore C ^e   Cousens, S N ^d  

^a Ctr Natl Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c Dir Generale Cooperazione Sviluppo   (Italy)

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

^e Dir Prov de la S de l'Oubritenga   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Child mortality; Insecticide treated curtains; Malaria; RCT

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INSECTICIDE TREATED NETTING; MALARIA; MORTALITY RATES;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0030869632     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-413.x     Document Type: Article

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