The cost-effectiveness of permethrin-treated bed nets in an area of intense malaria transmission in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 161-167

  Wiseman, Virginia ^a   Hawley, William A ^b   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^b   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^b   Vulule, John M ^c   Nahlen, Bernard L ^d   Mills, Anne J ^a  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VECTOR CONTROL; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; INCOME; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; PERMETHRIN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038169043     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.161     Document Type: Article

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