Knowledge and practice of household mosquito breeding control measures between a dengue hotspot and non-hotspot in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-149

  Ong, Dave Q R ^a   Sitaram, Neela ^a   Rajakulendran, Mohana ^a   Koh, Gerald C H ^a,c   Seow, Adeline L H ^a   Ong, Evan S L ^b   Pang, Fung Yin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; People; Public; Source reduction

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DENGUE HOTSPOT; DENGUE NON HOTSPOT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOSQUITO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77949530560     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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