Africa's largest long-lasting insecticide-treated net producer: Lessons from A to Z Textiles

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Masum, Hassan ^a   Shah, Ronak ^a   Schroeder, Karl ^a   Daar, Abdallah S ^a   Singer, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FUNDING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MARKETING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEXTILE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78650494551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-S1-S6     Document Type: Article

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