Effectiveness of insecticide-treated bednets (itns) in malaria prevention among children aged 6 months to 5 years in a rural community in imo state, nigeria

International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Osondu, Nwankwo Benjamin ^a   Jerome, O Okafor ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Community; Effectiveness; Imo state; Insecticide; Malaria; Nigeria; Prevention; Rural; Treated bed nets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872418123     PISSN: 18163319     EISSN: 1818779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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