The household-level economics of using permethrin-treated bed nets to prevent malaria in children less than five years of age

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 149-160

  Meltzer, Martin I ^a   Terlouw, Dianne J ^a   Kolczak, Margarette S ^a   Odhacha, Amos ^b   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a   Vulule, John M ^b   Alaii, Jane A ^b   Nahlen, Bernard L ^c   Hawley, William A ^a   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; SOCIAL CLASS; VECTOR CONTROL; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HOUSING; MORBIDITY; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA;

ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PARITY; PERMETHRIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037493740     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.149     Document Type: Article

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