Spatial decision support system for health practitioners: Selecting a location for rural health practice

Geographical Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-299

  Jankowski, Piotr ^a   Ewart, Gail ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Locational Decisions; Multicriteria Evaluation; Rural Health Care; Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001555514     PISSN: 10692665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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