Geographic information systems (GIS): New perspectives in understanding human health and environmental relationships

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 17-18, 1996, Pages 1961-1977

  Croner, Charles M ^a   Sperling, Jonathan ^b   Broome, Frederick R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL COMPUTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 0029816410     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19960930)15:18<1961::aid-sim408>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Review

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