Risk mapping of dengue in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Geospatial Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-25

  Hassan, Hafiz ^a   Shohaimi, Shamarina ^a   Hashim, Nor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Geographical information systems; Malaysia; Population density; Rainfall; Risk mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879082788     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.101     Document Type: Article

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