The mosquito problem and type and costs of personal protection measures used in rural and urban communities in Pondicherry region, South India

Acta Tropica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Snehalatha, K S ^a   Ramaiah, K D ^a   Vijay Kumar, K N ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Costs; India; Mosquitoes; Personal protection

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE;

COST; MOSQUITO; PEST CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BED NET; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HERB; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE; SATISFACTION; SEASON; SMOKE; URBAN POPULATION; VAPORIZER;

INDIA; PONDICHERRY;

EID: 0042466390     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00155-4     Document Type: Article

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