Spatial analysis of the distribution of lyme disease in Wisconsin

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 558-566

  Kitron, Uriel ^a   Kazmierczak, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

geographic information systems; geography; Lyme disease; remote sensing; spatial analysis; ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TICK; VECTOR CONTROL; VEGETATION;

GIS; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TICK DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATIVE COVER;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030616486     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009145     Document Type: Article

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