Species composition surveys of synanthropic fly populations in northern peninsular malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Nurita, A T ^a   Abu Hassan, A ^a   Nur Aida, H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FLY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; DIPTERA; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 69449101725     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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