Social marketing of insecticide-treated bednets: The case for Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-456

  Qazi, S ^a   Shaikh, Babar T ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MOTIVATION; PAKISTAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL MARKETING;

ADVERTISING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEDDING AND LINENS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOTIVATION; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL MARKETING; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34447275473     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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