Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Briët, Olivier J T ^a,b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^b   Gunawardena, Dissanayake M ^c   Galappaththy, Gawrie N L ^d   Amerasinghe, Priyanie H ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c US Agency for International Development   (Uganda)

^d Anti Malaria Campaign   (Sri Lanka)

^e International Water Management Institute Sub Regional Office for South Asia   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA; HUMAN; SEASON; STATISTICS;

GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA; RAIN; SEASONS; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 44849103109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-77     Document Type: Article

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