Protection against snake bites by sleeping under a bed net in Southeastern Nepal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-199

  Chappuis, François ^a   Sharma, Sanjib K ^b   Jha, Nilhambar ^b   Loutan, Louis ^a   Bovier, Patrick A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; RISK; SLEEP; SNAKEBITE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; BED; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SNAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; SNAKE BITES; SNAKES;

EID: 34548712309     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.197     Document Type: Article

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