A multimodel framework in support of malaria surveillance and control

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 30, Issue , 2008, Pages 101-125

  Ruiz, Daniel ^a,b   Connor, Stephen J ^b   Thomson, Madeleine C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EIA   (Colombia)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical models; Early warning system; Ensemble; Malaria; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990044619     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6877-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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