Global status of DDT and its alternatives for use in vector control to prevent disease

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1656-1663

  Van Den Berg, Henk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DDT; Indoor residual spraying; Integrated vector management; Malaria; Persistent organic pollutants; Vector control

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DDT; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALARIA;

SCOPUS;

EID: 74949097997     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900785     Document Type: Review

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