Should DDT be banned by International treaty?

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 119-121

  Curtis, Chris F ^a   Lines, Jo D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0034161349     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01605-1     Document Type: Review

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