The use and misuse of mass distributed free insecticide-treated bed nets in a semi-urban community in Rivers State, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-168

  Ordinioha, Best ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Insecticide treated bed net; low mosquito activity; malaria control; proper deployment; south south Nigeria

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MARRIAGE; MOSQUITO; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862256365     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.96879     Document Type: Article

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