Ecological study and risk mapping of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Iran based on a geographical information systems approach

Geospatial Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Salahi Moghaddam, Abdoreza ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^b   Moshfae, Ali ^b   Habibi, Majid ^c   Zarei, Zabiholah ^b  

^a HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Climatological Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecology; Geographical information system; Humidity; Iran; Leishmaniasis; Mapping; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649760567     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.188     Document Type: Article

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