Population and land use effects on malaria prevalence in the southern Brazilian Amazon

Human Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 847-874

  Barbieri, Alisson F ^a,c   Sawyer, Diana Oya ^b   Soares Filho, Britaldo Silveira ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian amazon; Garimpo; Malaria prevalence; Population mobility; Rural and urban land use

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; LAND USE; MALARIA; MOBILITY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 31344476106     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-005-8213-8     Document Type: Article

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