Use of insecticide treated nets among caregivers of children under five years in Makueni district, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 308-313

  Malusha, J M ^a   Mwanzo, I ^b   Yitambe, A ^b   Mbugi, J P ^b  

^a Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED; BED NET; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952401423     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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