Equity and coverage of insecticide-treated bed nets in an area of intense transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bernard, Jubilate ^a   Mtove, George ^b   Mandike, Renata ^a   Mtei, Frank ^c   Maxwell, Caroline ^b,d   Reyburn, Hugh ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; POVERTY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODDS RATIO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449137056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-65     Document Type: Article

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