Malaria vector management: Where have we come from and where are we headed?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 536-537

  Muturi, Ephantus J ^a   Burgess, Peter ^b   Novak, Robert J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Tr Ac Net Organization (Transparency and Accountability Network)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

BED NET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 45349105579     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.536     Document Type: Short Survey

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