Community-wide effects of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and malaria morbidity in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 121-127

  Hawley, William A ^a   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a   Terlouw, Dianne J ^a   Vulule, John M ^b   Ombok, Maurice ^b   Nahlen, Bernard L ^c   Gimnig, John E ^a   Kariuki, Simon K ^b   Kolczak, Margarette S ^a   Hightower, Allen W ^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; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; VECTOR CONTROL; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; PARASITEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PERMETHRIN;

EID: 0038375043     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.121     Document Type: Article

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