The role of climate on Malaria incidence rate in four governorates of Yemen

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-357

  Al Mansoob, Muhammed A K ^a   Al Mazzah, M M ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Climatic Factors; Linear Regression; Malaria; Malaria Incidence Rate; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; WEATHER; YEMEN; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA; SEASONS; YEMEN;

EID: 33644804788     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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