Geographic profiling as a novel spatial tool for targeting infectious disease control

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Le Comber, Steven C ^a   Rossmo, D Kim ^b   Hassan, Ali N ^c   Fuller, Douglas O ^d   Beier, John C ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MALARIA;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

ANOPHELES SERGENTII;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY;

CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGYPT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALARIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79955951073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-35     Document Type: Article

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