Maternal use of insecticide-treated nets in the prevention of malaria among children under five years in Nyamira District, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 495-500

  Osero, J S O ^a,b   Otieno, M F ^a   Orago, A S S ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; INTERVIEWS; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOTHERS; POVERTY; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 33644940525     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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