A simple field test for detecting pyrethroids on impregnated nets

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 833-836

  Verle P ^a,b   Ruyen, N T ^b   Huong, N T ^b   Be, N T ^b   Kongs, A ^a   Van Der Stuyft, P ^a   Coosemans, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Insecticide treated bednets; Monitoring; Permethrin

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; TEXTILE; TROPICAL DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL;

INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031757407     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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