Knowledge and attitudes in Puerto Rico concerning dengue prevention

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-253

  Pérez Guerra, Carmen L ^a   Seda, Hilda ^a   García Rivera, Enid J ^a   Clark, Gary G ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aedes; Dengue; Health education; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Mass media; Mosquito control; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH EDUCATION; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MASS COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PUERTO RICO; SPECIES HABITAT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 18844407096     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000400005     Document Type: Article

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