Chasing mosquitoes: An exploration of the relationship between economic growth, poverty and the elimination of malaria in Southern Europe in the 20th century

Journal of International Development

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1080-1106

  Bowden, Sue ^a   Michailidou, Domna Maria ^b   Pereira, Alvaro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LABOR MARKET; MALARIA; POVERTY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 61449250930     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1513     Document Type: Article

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