The efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and morbidity in western Kenya I. Development of infrastructure and description of study site

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 3-9

  Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a   Nahlen, Bernard L ^b   Alaii, Jane A ^c   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a   Gimnig, John E ^a   Terlouw, Dianne J ^a   Kachur, S Patrick ^a   Hightower, Allen W ^a   Lal, Altaf A ^a   Schoute, Erik ^c   Oloo, Aggrey J ^c   Hawley, William A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BED; CLIMATE; ETHNIC GROUP; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO;

PROTOZOA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CLIMATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PERMETHRIN; RAIN;

EID: 0038507691     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.3     Document Type: Article

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