Coupling of remote sensing data and environmental-related parameters for dengue transmission risk assessment in Subang Jaya, Malaysia

Geocarto International

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 258-272

  Dom, Nazri Che ^a,b   Ahmad, Abu Hassan ^a   Latif, Zulkiflee Abd ^b   Ismail, Rodziah ^b   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

dengue fever (DF); geographic information system (GIS); Malaysia; remote sensing; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84879513856     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2012.696726     Document Type: Article

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