Evolution of Medical Geography: An Overview
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چکیده
منابع مشابه
[Medical geography].
Hippocrates already noted that geographical factors such as climate, relief, geology but also settlement patterns had influenced the distribution of diseases. The task of medical geography is to investigate the associations between geographical factors and diseases. Thereby, geographic techniques and concepts are applied on health problems. Of particular importance is the mapping of diseases wh...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Geographical Journal of Nepal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2565-4993,0259-0948
DOI: 10.3126/gjn.v7i0.17441