Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 188-192 , March 2003

Geographic information system mapping of snakebite incidence in northern Ghana and Nigeria using environmental indicators: a preliminary study

Received 25 June 2002 ,Revised 18 November 2002 ,Accepted 18 November 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 188-192 , March 2003

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