Community perception of dengue in slum areas of Metropolitan city of West Bengal

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-210

  Anima, Haldar ^a   Das, Gupta Urmila ^a   Kanti, Majumdar Kunal ^a   Krishna, Laskar ^a   Sharmistha, Ghosh ^a   Sumitra, Sen ^a  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 59149084143     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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