A longitudinal study of malaria associated with deforestation in Sonitpur district of Assam, India

Geocarto International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-88

  Nath, Manash J ^a   Bora, Ashok ^b   Talukdar, P K ^a   Das, N G ^a   Dhiman, Sunil ^a   Baruah, I ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a Government of India   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

epidemiology; geographical information system; remote sensing; slide positivity rate

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOREST COVER; GIS; MALARIA; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; VILLAGE;

ASSAM; INDIA;

EID: 84856896777     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2011.613485     Document Type: Article

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