Health effects of long-term exposure to insecticide-treated mosquito nets in the control of malaria in endemic regions, revised

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1631-1641

  Anyanwu, Ebere C ^a   Ehiri, John E ^b   Kanu, Ijeoma ^c   Merrick, Joav ^d  

^a Cahers Research   (United Kingdom)

^b ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exposure; Health hazards; Insecticide impregnated bednets; Insecticides; Long term exposure; Malaria control; Public health

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

AFRICA; BED NET; CARCINOGENICITY; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 33846018563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2006.272     Document Type: Review

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