Applying GIS and Remote Sensing to the Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China

Geographic Information Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 67-77

  Davis, George M ^a   Wu, Wei Ping ^b   Liu, Hong Yun ^c   Lu, Shang Biao ^c   Chen, Hong Gen ^c   Williams, Gail ^d   Seto, Edmund ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Disease Control   (China)

^c Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84977544357     PISSN: 10824006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10824000209480575     Document Type: Article

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