Short report: Analysis of malaria cases in Bangladesh with remote sensing data

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-19

  Rahman, Atiqur ^a   Kogan, Felix ^a   Roytman, Leonid ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOISTURE; MOSQUITO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION; WEATHER; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLANTS; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 33645998447     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.17     Document Type: Article

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