Leishmaniasis and Environment in Argentina: An Eco-Epidemiological Approach

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 481-490

  Salomon O D ^a   Mastrangelo A V ^b   Quintana, M G ^c   Rosa, J R ^d  

^a National Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

American cutaneous leishmaniasis; Argentina; Deforestation; Eco epidemiology; Lutzomyia; Medical anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856431717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00342-1     Document Type: Chapter

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