Climate change and vector-borne diseases: An economic impact analysis of malaria in Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 913-930

  Egbendewe Mondzozo, Aklesso ^a   Musumba, Mark ^b   McCarl, Bruce A ^b   Wu, Ximing ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of malaria treatment; Malaria and climate change; Semi parametric modeling

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARASITE VECTOR; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 79953272578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8030913     Document Type: Article

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