TY  - CHAP
AU  - Khaled Khatab
ED  - Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Y1  - 2012-03-16
PY  - 2012
T1  - Associations Between Nutritional Indicators Using Geoadditive Latent Variable Models with Application to Child Malnutrition in Nigeria
N2  - Tropical Medicine has emerged and remained as an important discipline for the study of diseases endemic in the tropic, particularly those of infectious etiology. Emergence and reemergence of many tropical pathologies have recently aroused the interest of many fields of the study of tropical medicine, even including new infectious agents. Then evidence-based information in the field and regular updates are necessary. Current Topics in Tropical Medicine presents an updated information on multiple diseases and conditions of interest in the field. It Includes pathologies caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, protozoans and helminths, as well as tropical non-infectious conditions. Many of them are considering not only epidemiological aspects, but also diagnostic, therapeutical, preventive, social, genetic, bioinformatic and molecular ones. With participation of authors from various countries, many from proper endemic areas, this book has a wide geographical perspective. Finally, all of these characteristics, make an excellent update on many aspects of tropical medicine in the world.
BT  - Current Topics in Tropical Medicine
SP  - Ch. 29
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/27792
DO  - 10.5772/27792
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-16
ER  -