The schisto track: A system for gathering and monitoring epidemiological surveys by connecting geographical information systems in real time

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Neto, Onicio B Leal ^a   Albuquerque, Cesar M ^a   Albuquerque, Jones O ^b   Barbosa, Constanca S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiological survey; Public health; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042228990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.2859     Document Type: Article

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