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GIS And Health

GISDATA 6

GIS And Health
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The potential users of GIS for health related analysis and applications are legion. In this edited collection, there are extensive examinations of appropriate methodologies for spatial analysis and spatial statistics in analyzing health data. Chapters explore the links with GIS and consider some of the assumptions and problems associated with such analyses. A range of chapters explore the associations between, for example, air pollution and ill health, and between pesticide exposure and disease risk. The book also covers statistical and cartographic methods for analyzing data for small areas and methods for health assessment needs.
Key Features:
* Provides a sourcebook for leading-edge concepts in GIS and health applications
* Focuses on new methods and novel applications
* Emphasizes links between visualisation, exploratory and model-based analysis
* Fully international case studies from Germany, Italy, Spain and Finland
* Chapters from a broad international spectrum of experts
CRC Press; August 1998
231 pages; ISBN 9780203212813
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