Spatial variability in fertility in Menoufia, Egypt, assessed through the application of remote-sensing and GIS technologies

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 695-714

  Weeks, John R ^a   Gadalla, M Saad ^a   Rashed, Tarek ^a   Stanforth, James ^a   Hill, Allan G ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EGYPT; MENOUFIA;

EID: 0034117755     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3286     Document Type: Article

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