The value of educational messages embedded in a community-based approach to combat dengue fever: A systematic review and meta regression analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Al Muhandis, Nada ^a   Hunter, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; COMMUNITY CARE; DENGUE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AEDES; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARVA; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 80052414658     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001278     Document Type: Review

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