Local plants as repellents against Anopheles arabiensis, in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 213-216

  Govere, J ^a,c   Durrheim, D N ^a   Toit, N D U ^b   Hunt, R H ^c   Coetzee, M ^c  

^a Department of Health ^*  (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEMONGRASS OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034252356     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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