Geographic information system mapping of snakebite incidence in northern Ghana and Nigeria using environmental indicators: A preliminary study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-192

  Molesworth, Anna M ^a   Harrison, Robert ^a   Theakston, R David G ^a   Lalloo, David G ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echis ocellatus; Epidemiology; Geographic information system; Ghana; Nigeria; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

VIPER VENOM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

ECHIS; ECHIS CARINATUS; ECHIS OCELLATUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0142061653     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90115-5     Document Type: Article

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