Malaria in East African highlands during the past 30 years: Impact of environmental changes

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 AUG, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Himeidan, Yousif E ^a   Kweka, Eliningaya J ^b  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b TROPICAL PESTICIDES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

East African highlands; Environmental changes; Malaria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866505197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00315     Document Type: Review

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