Deforestation and malaria incidence in the legal Amazon Region between 1996 and 2012
Abstract Malaria is a major public health problem, and Brazil is the largest contributor in America to the number of cases. In the country, the Amazon concentrates around 99.5% of the cases. This article aims to compare trends in deforestation rate and the parasite index of malaria in the Amazon reg...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Coletiva |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-462X2016000100003&tlng=en |