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Level of Awareness of Dengue Disease among School Children in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka, and Effect of School-Based Health Education Programmes on Improving Knowledge and Practices

INTRODUCTION: Limited awareness and nonsystematized health education programmes have contributed adversely to the increase in dengue incidence at schools due to limited attention which has positively contributed to the increase in vector receptivity. The current study was conducted to evaluate the e...

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Autores principales:	Radhika, N. M. L., Gunathilaka, Nayana, Udayanga, Lahiru, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Abeyewickreme, Wimaladharma
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31321232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3092073

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