Permethrin-treated chaddars and top-sheets: Appropriate technology for protection against malaria in Afghanistan and other complex emergencies

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 465-472

  Rowland, Mark ^a,b   Durrani, Naeem ^a   Hewitt, Sean ^a   Mohammed, Nasir ^a   Bouma, Menno ^b   Carneiro, Ilona ^b   Rozendaal, Jan ^c   Schapira, Allan ^d  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

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

^c European Union   (Belgium)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Complex emergencies; Insecticide treated materials; Malaria; Malaria control; Mosquitoes; Pakistan; Permethrin; Refugees

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BED; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; PAKISTAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUGEE; ZOOLOGY;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032727559     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90341-3     Document Type: Article

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