A health facility based case-control study of effectiveness of insecticide treated nets: Potential for selection bias due to pre-treatment with chloroquine

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 196-201

  Webster, Jayne ^a,b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Freeman, Tim ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^a   Kamawal, Amin Ullah ^b   Rahim, Fazle ^b   Rowland, Mark ^a,b  

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

^b Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Case control; Chloroquine; Insecticide treated nets; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODDS RATIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL HEALTH; SELECTION BIAS; URBAN HEALTH;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 0037357054     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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