Effects of climate on West Nile Virus transmission risk used for public health decision-making in Quebec

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  El Adlouni, Salaheddine ^a   Beaulieu, Claudie ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a   Gosselin, Pierre L ^b   Saint Hilaire, André ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEBEC; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 37249039159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-40     Document Type: Article

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