Urban malaria in Africa: An environmental and socio-economic modelling approach for Yaoundé, Cameroon

Natural Hazards

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 599-619

  Ngom, Roland ^a   Siegmund, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological models; Prevention; Social models; Spatial prediction; Statistical prediction; Urban malaria

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; PREDICTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CAMEROON; CENTRE [CAMEROON]; YAOUNDE;

EID: 78649848894     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9485-x     Document Type: Article

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