Cohort trial reveals community impact of insecticide-treated nets on malariometric indices in urban Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 496-503

  Klinkenberg, Eveline ^a,b   Onwona Agyeman, Kwabena A ^c   McCall, P J ^a   Wilson, Michael D ^d   Bates, Imelda ^a   Verhoeff, Francine H ^e   Barnish, Guy ^a   Donnelly, Martin J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^e ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Community impact; Ghana; Insecticide treated nets; Malaria; Urban

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; INSECTICIDE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; FEMALE; GHANA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO NETS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954216122     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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