Climate and infectious disease in the southwestern United States

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-398

  Kolivras, Korine N ^a   Comrie, Andrew C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate and health; Coccidioidomycosis; Dengue; Hantavirus; Infectious disease; Landscape epidemiology; Plague; Southwest USA

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444239688     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133304pp417ra     Document Type: Article

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