Forests and emerging infectious diseases of humans

Unasylva

Volumn 57, Issue 224, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Wilcox, Bruce A ^a   Ellis, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CIVILIZATION; DEFORESTATION; HEALTH IMPACT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LAND USE CHANGE;

EID: 33846301424     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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