The Gambian National Impregnated Bednet Programme: Evaluation of the 1994 cost recovery trial

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1903-1909

  Müller, Olaf ^a,b   Cham, Kabbir ^a   Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b Div of Hlth Pop and Nutrition   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bednets; Gambia; Malaria; Permethrin; PHC

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0343907308     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00299-7     Document Type: Article

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