Comparison of the cost-effectiveness of vaccines and insecticide impregnation of mosquito nets for the prevention of malaria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-410

  Graves, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE; PERMETHRIN;

BED NET; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION THEORY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; GAMBIA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINATION;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031836574     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989859384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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