Socio-economic factors associated with the purchasing of insecticide-treated nets in Afghanistan and their implications for social marketing

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1043-1050

  Howard, Natasha ^a,b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b   Freeman, Tim ^a   Shafi, Ahmed ^a   Rafi, Mohammed ^a   Enayatullah, Sayed ^a   Rowland, Mark ^a,b  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Complex emergencies; Conflict; Insecticide treated nets; Malaria; Refugees; Social marketing

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANOPHELES SUPERPICTUS; ARTICLE; BED; BED NET; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BEDDING AND LINENS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODDS RATIO; OWNERSHIP; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; NANGARHAR; SOUTH ASIA;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANOPHELES SUPERPICTUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0348107359     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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