Environmental conditions and rodent infestation in Campo Limpo district, São Paulo municipality, Brazil

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  De Masi, Eduardo ^a   Vilaça, Pedro ^a   Razzolini, Maria Tereza Pepe ^b  

^a Prefeitura Da Cidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Rodent infestation; Urban rodents

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC ACCESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT CONTROL; RODENTIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)]; SOUTH AMERICA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 60849134002     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120802126670     Document Type: Article

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