Spatial analysis of environmental factors influencing typhoid endemicity in Kelantan, Malaysia

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 911-919

  Shah, Shamsul Azhar ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^b   Hassan, Mohd Rohaizat ^a   Saito, Reiko ^c   Safian, Nazarudin ^a   Idrus, Shaharudin ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b NIIGATA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; High risk; Typhoid cluster

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; GPS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TYPHOID;

KELANTAN; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84862749538     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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