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Tropical Medicine

Known as: Medicine, Tropical, medicine tropical, tropical medicine (field) 
The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Control of neglected tropical diseases.
From the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and George Washington University, Washington, DC (P.J.H.); Liverpool School of Tropical… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Estimates of forest canopy height and aboveground biomass using ICESat
Exchange of carbon between forests and the atmosphere is a vital component of the global carbon cycle. Satellite laser altimetry… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Induced Systemic Resistance and Promotion of Plant Growth by Bacillus spp.
ABSTRACT Elicitation of induced systemic resistance (ISR) by plant-associated bacteria was initially demonstrated using… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Hydrological functions of tropical forests: not seeing the soil for the trees?
Differing perceptions of the impacts on hydrological functions of tropical forest clearance and conversion to other land uses… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
On the definition of ecological species groups in tropical rain forests
The species richness of tropical rain forests creates difficulties for ecological analysis. It may usefully be simplified by… Expand
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Dynamics of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Tropical Regions
We highlight the complexity of land-use/cover change and propose a framework for a more general understanding of the issue, with… Expand
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Soil-transmitted helminth infections: updating the global picture.
Public health workers and parasitologists have long been interested in estimating numbers infected with particular parasite… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models
The possible responses of ecosystem processes to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate change are illustrated using… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Influence of the spatial distribution of vegetation and soils on the prediction of cumulus Convective rainfall
This paper uses published work to demonstrate the link between surface moisture and heat fluxes and cumulus convective rainfall… Expand
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice
2 volumes. Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds. 1644 pages. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone; 1999. $295.00. ISBN… Expand
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