Correlation Assessment of Climate and Geographic Distribution of Tuberculosis Using Geographical Information System (GIS)

• Main Authors: Reza BEIRANVAND (Author), Asrin KARIMI (Author), Ali DELPISHEH (Author), Kourosh SAYEHMIRI (Author), Samira SOLEIMANI (Author), Shahnaz GHALAVANDI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) spread pattern is influenced by geographic and social factors. Nowadays Geographic Information System (GIS) is one of the most important epidemiological instrumentation identifying high-risk population groups and geographic areas of TB. The aim of this study was to dete...