Cost-effectiveness of a community-based approach intertwined with a vertical Aedes control program

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-93

  Baly Gil, Alberto ^a   Toledo, Maria Eugenia ^a   Vanlerberghe, Veerle ^b   Ceballos, Enrique ^c   Reyes, Alicia ^a   Sanchez, Idalmis ^a   Carvajal, Marinelli ^c   Maso, Rizel ^c   La Rosa, Maite ^c   Denis, Orestes ^c   Boelaert, Marleen ^b   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Unidad Provincial de Vigilancia y Lucha Antivectorial   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MOSQUITO;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 67650306196     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.88     Document Type: Article

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