Physical condition and maintenance of mosquito bed nets in Kwale County, coastal Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mutuku, Francis M ^a   Khambira, Maureen ^b   Bisanzio, Donal ^a   Mungai, Peter ^c   Mwanzo, Isaac ^b   Muchiri, Eric M ^d   King, Charles H ^c   Kitron, Uriel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESTUARY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; SEASHORE; STANDARD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; KENYA; MAINTENANCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 84873029428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-46     Document Type: Article

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