Balancing risks on the backs of the poor

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作者
Attaran, A [1 ]
Roberts, DR
Curtis, CF
Kilama, WL
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[1] Harvard Univ, John F Kennedy Sch Govt, Ctr Int Dev, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Uniformed Serv Univ Hlth Sci, Dept Prevent Med & Biometr, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
[3] Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, London WC1E 7HT, England
[4] C2627 Tanzania Commiss Sci & Technol, African Malaria Vaccine Testing Network, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
[5] Malaria Fdn Int, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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10.1038/77438
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Malaria kills over one million people, mainly children, in the tropics each year, and DDT remains one of the few affordable, effective tools against the mosquitoes that transmit the disease. Attaran et al. explain that the scientific literature on the need to withdraw DDT is unpersuasive, and the benefits of DDT in saving lives from malaria are well worth the risks.
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