Improving exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology: Application of spatio-temporal visualization tools

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-66

  Meliker, Jaymie R ^a   Slotnick, Melissa J ^a   AvRuskin, Gillian A ^b   Kaufmann, Andrew ^b   Jacquez, Geoffrey M ^b   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Epidemiology; Exposure; GIS; STIS

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 16344376779     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-005-0149-4     Document Type: Article

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