Untangling the debate surrounding strategies for achieving sustainable high coverage of insecticide-treated nets

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-8

  Stevens, Warren ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INSTRUMENT; MARKET; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BED; HUMAN; MALARIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEDDING AND LINENS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA;

EID: 25144438007     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200504010-00002     Document Type: Review

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