Climate change and malaria in Jhapa district of Nepal: Emerging evidences from Nepal

Journal of Health Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-150

  Bhandari, Gajananda Prakash ^a   Dhimal, Meghnath ^b   Gurung, Swadesh ^a   Bhusal, Choplal ^b  

^a Nepal Public Health Foundation   (Nepal)

^b Norway   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Global warming; Maximum temperature; Minimum temperature; Nepal; Rainfall; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880449582     PISSN: 09720634     EISSN: 09730729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0972063413486026     Document Type: Article

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