Association between cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence and the human development index and its components in four endemic states of Venezuela;Asociación entre la incidencia de leishmaniosis cutánea y el índice de desarrollo humano y sus componentes en cuatro estados endémicos de venezuela

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-30

  Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,b,c,d   Pascual González, Yuliana ^a,c   Benítez, Jesús A ^e   López Zambrano, María A ^f   Harter Griep, Rosane ^g   Vilca Yengle, Luz M ^h,i   Cárdenas, Rocío ^j  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Centro de Estudios sobre Crecimiento   (Venezuela)

^e Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud   (Venezuela)

^f UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^j Instituto Departamental de Salud de Norte de Santander   (Colombia)

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Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Economy; Education; Social development; Social factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953670004     PISSN: 17264634     EISSN: 17264634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1726-46342010000100005     Document Type: Article

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