Environmental factors and incidence of dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever in an urban area, Southern Thailand

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-143

  Thammapalo, S ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, V ^a   Geater, A ^a   Dueravee, M ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37549004754     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008126     Document Type: Article

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