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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809467303321

Autore

Estaville Lawrence E (Lawrence Ernest)

Titolo

Texas health atlas / / Lawrence E. Estaville, Kristine Egan, Abel A. Galaviz ; forewords by Nancy W. Dickey and Marcos J. de Lima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, Tex., : Texas A&M University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-77224-7

9786613683014

1-60344-748-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EganKristine <1965->

GalavizAbel A. <1951->

Disciplina

614.4/27640223

Soggetti

Public health - Texas

Medical care - Utilization - Texas

Medical geography - Texas

Texas Statistics, Vital Maps

Texas Statistics, Medical Maps

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Demographics -- Medical services -- Perinatal and birth conditions and anomalies -- Cancer -- Diseases of body systems -- Harmful behaviors, infectious diseases, and injuries -- Mental diseases -- County health factors and outcomes -- Texas medical timeline.

Sommario/riassunto

With almost two hundred pages of original demographic and health-related maps that display county-by-county and regional information covering everything from the distribution of pharmacies, trauma centers, and emergency rooms to the number of lung, colon, and breast cancer patients in major metropolitan areas (by ZIP code), the Texas Health Atlas provides an indispensable tool for healthcare providers and planners, risk managers, public officials and policymakers, public health workers, and university researchers and students.   The authors have mined an immense array of