Insecticide-treated nets usage and malaria episodes among boarding students in Zaria, northern Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Aliyu, A A ^a   Alti Mu'Azu, M ^a  

^a ABU   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Boarding schools; ITN use and malaria episodes; Nigeria; Students

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BED NET; COST; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049112807     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.56234     Document Type: Article

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