Indoor residual spraying of DDT for malaria control

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1350-1351

  Hsi, Hsuan Chen ^a   Chen, Anthony L T ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Tacoma Pierce County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CAT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; LETTER; MALARIA CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AEROSOL; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; DOG; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALARIA; MOUSE; NOTE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; CATS; CHICKENS; DDT; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 68849128909     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.163717     Document Type: Letter

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