Effect of roof colour on indoor temperature and human comfort levels, with implications for malaria control: a pilot study using experimental houses in rural Gambia

BACKGROUND: In rural sub-Saharan Africa, thatch roofs are being replaced by metal roofs. Metal roofing, however, increases indoor temperatures above human comfort levels, and thus makes it more likely that residents will not use an insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) at night. Whether the colour of a...

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Autores principales: Carrasco-Tenezaca, Majo, Jatta, Ebrima, Jawara, Musa, Bradley, John, Pinder, Margaret, D’Alessandro, Umberto, Knudsen, Jakob, Lindsay, Steve W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8555212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34715869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03951-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8555212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34715869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03951-4

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