Design and Usability of an Enhanced Geographic Information System for Exploration of Multivariate Health Statistics

Professional Geographer

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-160

  Edsall, Robert M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartography; Epidemiology; Geovisualization; Information visualization

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; GIS; HEALTH MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037932746     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.5502003     Document Type: Article

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