Knowledge and beliefs about malaria transmission and practices for vector control in Southern Mexico

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-116

  Rodriguez, Américo David ^a   Penilla, Rosa Patricia ^a   Henry Rodriguez, Mario ^b   Hemingway, Janet ^c   Betanzos, Angel Francisco ^a   Hernández Avila, Juan Eugenio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Culicidae; Knowledge; Malaria; Mexico; Practice

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COCKROACH; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEXICO; MOSQUITO; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BITES AND STINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; MEXICO; MOSQUITO CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037651327     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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