Ecology of vector mosquitoes in Sri Lanka - Suggestions for future mosquito control in rice ecosystems

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 646-657

  Yasuoka, Junko ^a   Levins, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 34548281198     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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