Unforeseen misuses of bed nets in fishing villages along Lake Victoria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Minakawa, Noboru ^a   Dida, Gabriel O ^b   Sonye, Gorge O ^c   Futami, Kyoko ^a   Kaneko, Satoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; KENYA; MALARIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; FOOD INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FRESH WATER; INSECTICIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; FISHERIES; FRESH WATER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 51349149018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-165     Document Type: Article

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