High level of awareness but poor practices regarding Dengue fever control: A cross-sectional study from North India

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 278-282

  Chinnakali, Palanivel ^a   Gurnani, Nishant ^b   Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash ^b   Parmar, Komal ^b   Suri, Tejas M ^b   Yadav, Kapil ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cross sectional study; Dengue; Urban

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BED NET; BLEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOSQUITO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; TELEVISION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84864101139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.97210     Document Type: Article

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