Sleeping arrangements under long-lasting impregnated mosquito nets: differences during low and high malaria transmission seasons

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1204-1210

  Fernando, S D ^a   Abeyasinghe, R R ^b   Galappaththy, G N L ^b   Gunawardena, N ^a   Ranasinghe, A C R ^a   Rajapaksa, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Anti Malaria Campaign ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Children; Long lasting impregnated nets; Malaria; Pregnancy; Prevention and control; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONG LASTING IMPREGNATED NET; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP TIME; SRI LANKA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO NETS; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350620566     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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