Geographic information system and tools of spatial analysis in a pneumococcal vaccine trial

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tanskanen, Antti ^a   Nillos, Leilani T ^b   Lehtinen, Antti ^c   Nohynek, Hanna ^a   Sanvictores, Diozele Hazel M ^b   Simões, Eric A F ^d   Tallo, Veronica L ^b   Lucero, Marilla G ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84856002366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-51     Document Type: Article

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