New tools for epidemiology: A space odyssey

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 892-900

  Bergquist, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Climate change; GIS; Parasite; Remote sensing; Satellite; Spatio temporal epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255195693     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000700016     Document Type: Article

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