Implementing a Geospatial Health Data Infrastructure for Control of Asian Schistosomiasis in the People's Republic of China and the Philippines

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue C, 2010, Pages 71-100

  Malone, John B ^a   Yang, Guo Jing ^b   Leonardo, Lydia ^c   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOK; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; PROCEDURES;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHILIPPINES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 77954577538     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(10)73004-9     Document Type: Chapter

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