Community reactions to the introduction of permethrin-treated bed nets for malaria control during a randomized controlled trial in Western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 128-136

  Alaii, Jane A ^a   Van Den Borne, H W ^b   Kachur, S Patrick ^c   Shelley, Karen ^d   Mwenesi, Halima ^e   Vulule, John M ^a   Hawley, William A ^c   Nahlen, Bernard L ^f   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANAMNESIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEDDING AND LINENS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PERMETHRIN; RURAL HEALTH; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038507684     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.128     Document Type: Article

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