Insecticide-treated nets for malaria control: Real gains

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-

  Lengeler, Christian ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 1442291135     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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