Deforestation and malaria in Mâncio Lima county, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1108-1115

  Olson, Sarah H ^a   Gangnon, Ronald ^a   Silveira, Guilherme Abbad ^b   Patz, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Santo Antonio Energia SAE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEFORESTATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE VECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954441478     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.091785     Document Type: Article

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