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Geographic information systems and health applications

"This book presents a sampling of the many applications utilizing GIS in the field of health, including needs of less-developed countries in utilizing the concepts and technologies of mapping"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Khan, Omar A., 1973-, Skinner, Ric.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2003.
Subjects:
Geographic information systems.
Public health > Data processing.
Medical care > Data processing.
Geographic Information Systems.
Delivery of Health Care.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
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300 # # |a electronic texts (xv, 325 p. : ill., maps) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a 1. Race, class and place : directions for the future of public health / Gregory Pappas, Mohammed Akhter -- 2. Understanding health disparities through geographic information systems / Samuel Soret ... [et al.] -- 3. Using a GIS and the American Community Survey to address community health problems / Jane L. McCall, Amy K. Pasini, Richard B. Wait -- 4. The application of spatial analysis to the public health understanding of alcohol and alcohol-related problems / Robert Lipton ... [et al.] -- 5. The new kid on the block : a look at how geographic information systems are changing the face of cancer research / Jane L. McCall -- 6. Community breast cancer mapping in Huntington, Long Island / Scott Carlin -- 7. Application of a GIS-based statistical method to assess spatio-temporal changes in breast cancer clustering in the northeastern United States / Daikwon Han, Peter A. Rogerson -- 8. Geographical analysis of disease in small areas using hierarchical Bayesian models : mapping men's lung cancer mortality in Galicia, Spain / C. L. Vidal-Rodeiro ... [et al.] -- 9. Using hierarchical nearest neighbor analysis and animation to investigate the spatial and temporal patterns of raccoon rabies in West Virginia / Andrew Curtis, Michael Leitner, Cathleen Hanlon --10. Spatial cluster analysis for etiological research and identification of socio-environmental risk factors / Michael Emch, Mohammad Ali -- 
505 0 # |a 11. The use of GIS and remote sensing in schistosomiasis control in China / Edmund Y. W. Seto... [et al.] -- 12. Bacterial source tracking of nonpoint source pollution using GIS and DNA fingerprinting technologies / M. E. Folkoff ... [et al.] -- 13. Spatial modeling of risk factors for gender-specific child mortality in a rural area of Bangladesh / Mohammad Ali ... [et al.] -- 14. Using GIS to unveil distance effects on hospitalizations in Victoria / Ge Lin --15. Spatial accessibility to primary care and physician shortage area designation : a case study in Illinois with GIS approaches / Wei Luo, Fahui Wang --16. Using GIS with publicly available data for hospital market share analysis / Evan R. Wolarsky --17. Mapping accessibility to general practitioners / Lars Brabyn, Paul Gower. 
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530 # # |a Also available in print. 
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588 # # |a Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 21, 2010). 
650 # 0 |a Geographic information systems. 
650 # 0 |a Public health  |x Data processing. 
650 # 0 |a Medical care  |x Data processing. 
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650 2 2 |a Delivery of Health Care. 
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700 1 # |a Skinner, Ric. 
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