Application of multiple Linear regression model through GIS and remote sensing for malaria mapping in Varanasi District, INDIA

Health Science Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 731-749

  Ra, Praveen Kumar ^a   Nathawat, Mahendra Singh ^b   Onagh, Mohhamad ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Malaria susceptibility model; Multivariate linear regression; Remote Sensing; Varanasi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867257425     PISSN: 11087366     EISSN: 1791809X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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