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Geographic information systems and health applications [electronic resource] / Omar A. Khan, editor ; Ric Skinner, associate editor.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2003.Description: electronic texts (xv, 325 p. : ill., maps) : digital filesISBN:
  • 9781591400769 (PDF)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 362.1/0285 21
LOC classification:
  • RA566 .G46 2003e
NLM classification:
  • W 26.5
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print.
Contents:
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 --
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.
Abstract: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 --

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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"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.

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