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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819943803321

Titolo

GIS and health / / editors, Anthony G. Gatrell and Markku Loytonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : Taylor & Francis, c1998

ISBN

0-429-08157-X

0-203-21281-9

1-280-03162-X

1-4822-7309-8

9786610031627

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

GISDATA ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

GatrellAnthony C

LoytonenMarkku

Disciplina

614.4/2

Soggetti

Medical geography

Geographic information systems

Medical statistics - Data processing

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Editors' Preface; Notes on Editors; Contributors; European Science Foundation; Methodological Issues; GIS and Health Research: An Introduction; GIS as an Enabling Technology; Spatial Statistics and the Analysis of Health Data; Statistical Methods for Spatial Epidemiology: Tests for Randomness; Improving the Geographic Basis of Health Surveillance using GIS; Modelling Spatial Variations in Air Quality using GIS; GIS, Time Geography and Health; Applications; GIS Applications for Environment and Health in Italy

A Multipurpose, Interactive Mortality Atlas of ItalyBayesian Analysis of Emerging Neoplasms in Spain; The Development of an Epidemiological Spatial Information System in the Region of Western Pomerania, Germany; Problems and Possibilities in the Use of Cancer Data by GIS; Experience in Finland; GIS in Public Health; Improving Health Needs Assessment using Patient Register Information in a GIS; Conclusions; Index



Sommario/riassunto

An examination of appropriate methodologies for spatial analysis and spatial statistics in analyzing health data. The book explores the links with GIS and the problems associated with such analyses, and the statistical and cartographic methods for