Resurgence of malaria in Bombay (Mumbai) in the 1990s: A historical perspective

Parassitologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-148

  Kamat, Vinay ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombay; Charles Bentley; Colonial malaria prevention; DDT; Gordon Covell; Malaria eradication campaign

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALS; DDT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034208342     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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