Urbanization and the social ecology of emerging infectious diseases

The Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 113-137

  Wilcox, Bruce A ^a   Gubler, Duane J ^b   Pizer, H F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73949098077     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370466-5.50009-1     Document Type: Chapter

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