Perception and personal protective measures toward mosquito bites by communities in Jaffna District, northern Sri Lanka

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-186

  Surendran, S N ^a   Kajatheepan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cost of personal protection; Jaffna; Mosquito coils; Mosquito borne diseases; Mosquitoes; Personal protection

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; PROTEIN KINASE; SMOK1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BED; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROTEIN KINASES; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548034687     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[182:PAPPMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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