DDT in malaria control: Roberts and Tren respond

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Roberts, Donald ^a   Tren, Richard ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Africa Fighting Malaria   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECT REPELLENT;

AFRICA; BED NET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 77954859049     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002279R     Document Type: Letter

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