Malaria control in the Afghan refugee camps of western Pakistan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 458-459

  Rowland, Mark ^a,b  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Bednets; Disease control; House spraying; Insecticides; Malaria; Malathion; Pakistan; Permethrin; Refugees

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

AEROSOL; AFGHANISTAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PAKISTAN; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

AFGHANISTAN; BEDDING AND LINENS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALATHION; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PAKISTAN; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; REFUGEES;

EID: 0033182055     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90336-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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