Spatial dependency of Buruli ulcer prevalence on arsenic-enriched domains in Amansie West District, Ghana: Implications for arsenic mediation in Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Duker, Alfred A ^a   Carranza, Emmanuel J M ^a   Hale, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 13144290133     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/1476-072X-3-19     Document Type: Article

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