The importance of education to increase the use of bed nets in villages outside of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ndjinga, Julie K ^a,b   Minakawa, Noboru ^b  

^a Kinoise Clinic   (Congo)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CONGO; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957732191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-279     Document Type: Article

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