Geographic information system (GIS) maps and malaria control monitoring: Intervention coverage and health outcome in distal villages of Khammouane province, Laos

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Shirayama, Yoshihisa ^a   Phompida, Samlane ^b   Shibuya, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Parasitology and Entomology   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAOS; MALARIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LAOS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350401151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-217     Document Type: Article

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