An initial examination of the epidemiology of malaria in the State of Roraima, in the Brazilian Amazon Basin

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 269-275

  Chaves, Sandra S ^a   Rodrigues, Laura C ^b  

^a London Sch of Hyg and Trop Med ^*  (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Aggregated data analysis; Amazon Basin; Epidemiology; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0034265114     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000500006     Document Type: Article

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