Determinants of bednet ownership and use in visceral leishmaniasis-endemic areas of the Indian subcontinent

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-67

  Vanlerberghe, V ^a   Singh, S P ^b   Paudel, I S ^c   Ostyn, B ^a   Picado, A ^d   Sanchez A ^a   Rijal, S ^c   Sundar, S ^b   Davies, C ^e   Boelaert, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bednet ownership; Bednet use; India; Nepal; Poverty; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; INSECTICIDE; LOGISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OWNERSHIP; POVERTY; PROTOZOAN; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ARTICLE; BED NET; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PARASITE CONTROL; POVERTY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEASON; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MOSQUITO NETS; NEPAL; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NEPAL;

EID: 72349096792     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02433.x     Document Type: Article

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