Transport geography: Implications for public health
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The obstruction of traffic between France and UK due to efforts rein in coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), together with the recent, week-long blockade Suez Canal, underline how interconnected thus vulnerable world has become. What this do public health may not be immediately evident. However, as illustrated by two papers published issue Geospatial Health dealing ongoing waves COVID-19 spread (Mahmud et al., 2021; Tiwari & Aljoufie, 2021), transport geography - its focus on geographical dimensions travel, mobility does indeed have a direct impact epidemiology...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Geospatial Health
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1970-7096', '1827-1987']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2021.1009