The United States Army and malaria control in World War II

Parassitologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Hays, C W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Five Corporate Plaza   (United States)

Author keywords

Atabrine; DDT; Global Eradication Programme; Tropical Diseases Control Division; US Army; US Public Health Service; World War II

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE; MEPACRINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DDT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUINACRINE; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 0034208667     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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