Geographical and temporal distribution of human giardiasis in Ontorio, Canada

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Odoi, Agricola ^a   Martin, S Wayne ^a   Michel, Pascal ^b   Holt, John ^a   Middleton, Dean ^c   Wilson, Jeff ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Min of Hlth/Long Term Hlth Care   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Giardia; Moran's I; Ontario; Spatial analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042536712     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-2-5     Document Type: Article

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