Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Enayati, Ahmadali A ^a   Hemingway, J ^b   Garner, P ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Anopheles; Animals; Electronics; Female; Humans; Insect bites and stings *prevention control ; Malaria *prevention control ; Mosquito control *instrumentation ; Population density

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

EID: 44349126721     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005434.pub2     Document Type: Review

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