Use of satellite imagery in constructing a household GIS database for health studies in Karachi, Pakistan

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ali, Mohammad ^a   Rasool, Shahid ^b   Park, Jin Kyung ^a   Saeed, Shamoon ^c   Ochiai, Rion Leon ^a   Nizami, Qamaruddin ^b   Acosta, Camilo J ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar ^b  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Techno Consult International   (Pakistan)

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EID: 13144264101     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-3-20     Document Type: Article

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