Socio-demographic factors influencing knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding malaria in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bashar, Kabirul ^a   Al Amin, H M ^b   Reza, Md Selim ^a   Islam, Muzahidul ^a   Asaduzzaman, ^a   Ahmed, Touhid Uddin ^c  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research IEDCR   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BED NET; CHECKLIST; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871145145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1084     Document Type: Article

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