Evaluation of the spatial risk factors for high incidence of Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever using GIS application

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 937-943

  Shafie, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dengue Fever; Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; Geographic Information System (GIS); Risk mapping; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; HEALTH RISK; MODELING; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 80051533535     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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