Use of insecticide treated bed nets among pregnant women in Kilifi district, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 314-322

  Njoroge, F K ^a   Kimani, V N ^a   Ongore, D ^a   Akwale, W S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; BED NET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952346778     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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