Self-reported malaria and mosquito avoidance in relation to household risk factors in a Kenyan coastal city

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 761-771

  Keating, Joseph ^a   MacIntyre, Kate ^b   Mbogo, Charles M ^c   Githure, John I ^d   Beier, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BED NET; BUILDING MATERIAL; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; KENYA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEASHORE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULICIDAE; DISCLOSURE; ESCAPE REACTION; FAMILY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644891656     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005007182     Document Type: Article

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