Cycles of malaria associated with El Nino in Venezuela

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 1772-1774

  Bouma, Menno Jan ^a   Dye, Christopher ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030704257     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.21.1772     Document Type: Article

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