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Bed net use and associated factors in a rice farming community in Central Kenya

BACKGROUND: Use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) continues to offer potential strategy for malaria prevention in endemic areas. However their effectiveness, sustainability and massive scale up remain a factor of socio-economic and cultural variables of the local community which are indispensable d...

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Autores principales:	Ng'ang'a, Peter N, Jayasinghe, Gayathri, Kimani, Violet, Shililu, Josephat, Kabutha, Charity, Kabuage, Lucy, Githure, John, Mutero, Clifford
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2009
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2674467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19371407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-64

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