Tropical Environments, Human Activities, and the Transmission of Infectious Diseases

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2000, Pages 3-31

  Sattenspiel, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Dracunculiasis; Host pathogen interactions; Lymphatic filariasis; Tropical diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347646918     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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