Sizing up human health through Remote Sensing: Uses and misuses

Parassitologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-79

  Herbreteau, Vincent ^a,b   Salem, G ^b,c   Souris, M ^a,d   Hugot, J P ^a,e   Gonzalez, J P ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health; Remote sensing; Satellite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT; RADIATION; SOIL; STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; PUBMED; RADIATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SOIL; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 24944442633     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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