Quick wins versus sustainability: Options for the upscaling of insecticide-treated nets

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2007, Pages 222-226

  Lengeler, Christian ^a   Grabowsky, Mark ^b   McGuire, David ^c   De Savigny, Don ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BED; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 40049101043     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.222     Document Type: Article

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