Are Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets Effective for Preventing Childhood Deaths among Non-Net Users? A Community-Based Cohort Study in Western Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Komazawa, Osuke ^a   Kaneko, Satoshi ^a,b   K'Opiyo, James ^b   Kiche, Ibrahim ^b,c   Wanyua, Sheru ^b   Shimada, Masaaki ^a,b   Karama, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK;

EID: 84869743150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049604     Document Type: Article

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