The Urban Gradient in Malaria-Endemic Municipalities in Acre: Revisiting the Role of Locality

Urbanization has altered the distribution of diseases of public health importance along gradients of human occupation. Adopting dichotomous urban/rural categories to explain differences in the risk of exposure, as well as the prevention of diseases is insufficient. In this paper, we present the pote...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Dal’Asta, Raquel Martins Lana, Silvana Amaral, Cláudia Torres Codeço, Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/6/1254