House screening for malaria control

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9694, 2009, Pages 954-955

  Gimnig, John E ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CUPRIC ACETOARSENITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEDDING AND LINENS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 70249100630     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61078-3     Document Type: Note

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