Influence of deforestation, logging, and fire on malaria in the Brazilian Amazon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hahn, Micah B ^a,b   Gangnon, Ronald E ^b   Barcellos, Christovam ^c   Asner, Gregory P ^d   Patz, Jonathan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; LOGGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA;

EID: 84896797343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085725     Document Type: Article

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