The Gambian National Impregnated Bed Net Programme: Evaluation of effectiveness by means of case-control studies

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 638-642

  D'Alessandro, U ^a,b   Olaleye, B ^b   Langerock, P ^b   Bennett, S ^c   Cham, K ^b,d   Cham, B ^d   Greenwood, B M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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

^d Ministry of Health   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Bed nets; Malaria; Permethrin; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevention; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031461525     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90502-2     Document Type: Article

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