Determining effective spraying periods to control malaria via indoor residual spraying in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith?, Robert J ^a   Hove Musekwa, Senelani D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

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EID: 53849118810     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/745463     Document Type: Article

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