Spatial modeling of malaria incidence rates in Sistan and Baluchistan province, Islamic Republic of Iran

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1791-1796

  Salehi, Masoud ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Farahani, Mahmud M ^a   Zeraati, Hojjat ^a   Nourijelyani, Keramat ^a   Zayeri, Farid ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRECIPITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; WEATHER;

EID: 60149089439     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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