Community involvement in dengue vector control: Cluster randomised trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7709, 2009, Pages 1477-1479

  Vanlerberghe, V ^a   Toledo, M E ^b   Rodriguez M ^c   Gomez, D ^c   Baly, A ^b   Benitez, J R ^c   Van Der Stuyft, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^c Provincial Center of Surveillance and Vector Control   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE VECTORS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PILOT PROJECTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67650074172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1959     Document Type: Article

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