Impact of environmental change and schistosomiasis transmission in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River following the Three Gorges construction project

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 549-555

  Xu, Xing jian ^a   Yang, Xian Xiang ^a   Dai, Yu Hai ^b   Yu, Gui Yang ^a   Chen, Liu Yan ^a   Su, Zheng Ming ^a  

^a Hubei Institute of Schistosomiasis Control   (China)

^b Hubei Off of Schistosomiasis Contr   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SNAIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WEATHER;

EID: 0033186475     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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