Agro-ecology, household economics and malaria in Uganda: Empirical correlations between agricultural and health outcomes

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wielgosz, Benjamin ^a   Kato, Edward ^b   Ringler, Claudia ^b  

^a Project Lead for Healthcare Data Policy   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Crop choice; Environmental management; Integrated vector management; Pesticide resistance; Uganda

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PEST; AGRICULTURE; AGRO ECOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MILLET; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SORGHUM; SWEET POTATO; UGANDA; VECTOR CONTROL; YAM; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922480154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-251     Document Type: Article

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