Characterisation of malaria vector habitats using remote sensing and GIS

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 31-36

  Jeganathan, C ^a   Khan, S A ^b   Chandra, Ramesh ^c   Singh, H ^a   Srivastava, V ^a   Raju, P L N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c MG Chitrakoot Gramoday ^*  (India)

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EID: 84857706109     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02989911     Document Type: Article

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