Challenges to mapping the health risk of hepatitis A virus infection

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah ^a   Jacobsen, Kathryn H ^b   Wiersma, Steven T ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Global health; Health risk maps; Hepatitis a; Risk mapping; Travel health; Vaccine recommendations

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; MAP; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINE;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

ADULT; AGE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MAPS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80054099169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-57     Document Type: Article

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