Social and cultural factors affecting rates of regular retreatment of mosquito nets with insecticide in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on August 01, 1997

Authors

P J Winch1, A M Makemba, V R Makame, M S Mfaume, M C Lynch, Z Premji, J N Minjas, C J Shiff

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, USA. pwinch@welchlikn.welch.jhu.edu

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