User friendliness, efficiency & spray quality of stirrup pumps versus hand compression pumps for indoor residual spraying

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 138, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages 239-243

  Kumar, Vijay ^a   Kesari, Shreekant ^a   Chowdhury, Rajib ^b,c   Kumar, Sanjiv ^a   Sinha, Gunjan ^a   Hussain, Saddam ^a   Mamun Huda, M ^d   Kroeger, Axel ^c,e   Das, Pradeep ^a  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression pump; Indoor residual spraying; Stirrup pump; Vector control; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHECKLIST; COST; HAND COMPRESSION PUMP; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PUMP; SAMPLE SIZE; SATISFACTION; SENSITIZATION; STIRRUP PUMP; TRAINING; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 84883313763     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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