Modelling homogeneous regions of social vulnerability to malaria in Rwanda

Geospatial Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1S, 2016, Pages 129-146

  Bizimana, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Kienberger, Stefan ^c   Hagenlocher, Michael ^c   Twarabamenye, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b Centre for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing   (Rwanda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Integrated geons; Malaria; Regionalisation; Rwanda; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84962376577     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2016.404     Document Type: Article

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