Visualizing georeferenced data: representing reliability of health statistics

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1547-1561

  MacEachren, A M ^a   Brewer, C A ^a   Pickle, L W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA RELIABILITY; DISEASE PATTERN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY TRENDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0031784949     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a301547     Document Type: Article

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