Sustainability of pyrethroid-impregnated bednets for malaria control in Afghan communities

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-29

  Rowland, M ^a   Hewitt, S ^b   Durrani, N ^b   Saleh, P ^b   Bouma, M ^a   Sondorp, E ^b  

^a Malaria Control Programme   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRETHROID;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REFUGEE;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PAKISTAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PESTICIDES; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA;

AFGHANISTAN; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODDS RATIO; PYRETHRINS; REFUGEES;

EID: 0030961243     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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