Cost-effectiveness of integrated pest management compared with insecticidal spraying against the german cockroach in apartment buildings

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-612

  Shahraki, G H ^a,b   Hafidzi, M N ^b   Khadri, M S ^c   Rafinejad, J ^d   Ibrahim, Y B ^e  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Cost comparison; Hydramethylnon; IPM

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GERMANY; HOUSING; METHODOLOGY; NEBULIZER; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HOUSING; INSECTICIDES; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PEST CONTROL;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE;

EID: 80955172243     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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