Effectiveness of personal protection measures against mosquito bites for malaria prophylaxis in travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 188-192

  Schoepke, Andreas ^a   Steffen, Robert ^a,c   Gratz, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c ISPM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AIR CONDITIONING; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031775138     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00505.x     Document Type: Article

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