The economic benefits of malaria elimination: Do they include increases in tourism?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Modrek, Sepideh ^a   Liu, Jenny ^a   Gosling, Roland ^a   Feachem, Richard Ga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic benefits; Malaria elimination; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIC; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MAURITIUS; TOURISM;

DISEASE ERADICATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HUMANS; MALARIA; MAURITIUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84864270615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-244     Document Type: Article

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