Towards an atlas of human helminth infection in sub-Saharan Africa: The use of geographical information systems (GIS)

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 303-307

  Brooker, S ^a   Rowlands, M ^a   Haller, L ^a   Savioli, L ^b   Bundy, D A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ATLAS; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

VERMES;

EID: 0034235472     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01687-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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