Acceptability and use of insecticide impregnated bednets in northern Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 499-507

  Binka, F N ^a,b   Adongo, P ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Financing; Ghana; Impregnated bednets; Malaria

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; COST; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030949190     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00173.x     Document Type: Article

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