Population Movement and Vector-Borne Disease Transmission: Differentiating Spatial-Temporal Diffusion Patterns of Commuting and Noncommuting Dengue Cases

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1026-1037

  Wen, Tzai Hung ^a   Lin, Min Hau ^a   Fang, Chi Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

commute; dengue; disease transmission risk; spatial diffusion; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

TAINAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 84864555327     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.671130     Document Type: Article

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