Spatial correlations of mapped malaria rates with environmental factors in Belize, central America

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hakre, Shilpa ^a   Masuoka, Penny ^a,b   Vanzie, Errol ^c   Roberts, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Belize)

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EID: 3042536700     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-3-6     Document Type: Article

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