The role of high-school physics in preparing students for college physics

Physics Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 282-285

  Sadler, Philip M ^a   Tai, Robert H ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 85006410846     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2344685     Document Type: Article

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11. Proximity to bodies of standing water was historically associated with high probability of contracting malaria. Yet, there must be both anopheles mosquitoes and the presence ofhuman carriers of the disease. Those living near swamps without either do not contract malaria.
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