Strength of bed nets as function of denier, knitting pattern, texturizing and polymer

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Skovmand, Ole ^a   Bosselmann, Rune ^a  

^a Intelligent Insect Control   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BED NET; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE; YARN; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; STANDARD;

INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS;

EID: 79953845576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-87     Document Type: Article

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