Relative versus absolute risk of dying reduction after using insecticide-treated nets for malaria control in Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-290

  Lengeler, Christian ^a   Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna ^b   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^c   Binka, Fred ^d   Cattani, Jacqueline ^e  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Insecticide treated bednets (mosquito nets); Malaria; Malaria prevention and control; Mortality

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BEDNETS; INFANT MORTALITY; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY RATES;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK;

AFRICA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK;

AFRICA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031782374     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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