Community practices of using bed nets & acceptance & prospects of scaling up insecticide treated nets in north-east India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 623-629

  Prakash, Anil ^a   Bhattacharyya, D R ^a   Mohapatra, P K ^a   Goswanti, B K ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Community nets impregnation; Insecticide treated nets; Malaria; North east India

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; SCALE UP; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 61849112188     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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