Modeling of malaria incidence in nepal

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-13

  Kakchapati, Sampurna ^a   Ardkaew, Jurairat ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b LOEI RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Malaria; Negative binomial model; Poisson model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEPAL; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79959717379     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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