Topography-derived wetness indices are associated with household-level malaria risk in two communities in the western Kenyan highlands
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* Corresponding author: Justin M Cohen justinmc@umich.edu
Malaria Journal 2008, 7:40 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-40
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