Intra-household mosquito net use in Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Zambia: Are nets being used? Who in the household uses them?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 963-971

  Baume, Carol A ^a   Marin, M Celeste ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MALI; NIGERIA; SENEGAL; ZAMBIA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BED; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949169163     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.963     Document Type: Article

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