Spatial Distribution of Podoconiosis in Relation to Environmental Factors in Ethiopia: A Historical Review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Deribe, Kebede ^a,b   Brooker, Simon J ^c,d   Pullan, Rachel L ^d   Hailu, Asrat ^e   Enquselassie, Fikre ^b   Reithinger, Richard ^d,f   Newport, Melanie ^a   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PODOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; SOIL TEXTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ELEPHANTIASIS; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84879936505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068330     Document Type: Article

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