Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 370-375 , July 2002

Wash resistance of insecticide-treated materials

  • JoséOrdóñez González

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
    • Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, Medellín, Colombia
  • ,
  • Axel Kroeger

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Axel Kroeger, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.
    • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
  • ,
  • Ana Isabel Aviña

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
    • Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, Medellín, Colombia
  • ,
  • Eulides Pabón

      Affiliations

    • Dirección Seccional de Salud, Norte de Santander, Colombia

Received 10 August 2001 ,Revised 25 January 2002 ,Accepted 31 January 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 370-375 , July 2002