Increasing coverage of insecticide-treated nets in rural Nigeria: Implications of consumer knowledge, preferences and expenditures for malaria prevention

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Ezumah, Nkoli ^a   Shu, Elvis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; NIGERIA; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 23944460369     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-29     Document Type: Article

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