The pan American health organization's role and perspectives on the mapping and modeling of the neglected tropical diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: An overview

Geospatial Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Ault, Steven K ^a   Nicholls, Ruben Santiago ^a   Saboya, Martha IdaIí ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geospatial modelling; Latin America; Neglected tropical diseases; Pan American health organization; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867095519     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.116     Document Type: Article

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