People's perceptions about malaria transmission and control using mosquito repellent plants in a locality in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 64-68

  Lukwa, N ^a   Nyazema, N Z ^b   Curtis, C F ^c   Mwaiko, G L ^d   Chandiwana, S K ^a  

^a Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^c LSTMH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033089599     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v45i3.8456     Document Type: Article

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