Community factors affecting long-lasting impregnated mosquito net use for malaria control in Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1081-1088

  Fernando, S D ^a   Abeyasinghe, R R ^b   Galappaththy, G N L ^b   Gunawardena, N ^a   Rajapakse, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b National Anti Malaria Campaign Headquarters   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Knowledge; Long lasting impregnated bed nets; Malaria; Prevention and control; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DETERGENTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 53349091625     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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