An ecological approach to public health intervention: Ross River virus in Australia

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 364-366

  Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Ecology; Endemic; Epidemic; Global change; Intervention

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; RAIN;

ALPHA VIRUS; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030926082     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105364     Document Type: Short Survey

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