The Askeaton Investigation and the failure of Irish health information systems

Irish Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Houghton, Frank ^a   Gleeson, Marian ^b   Kelleher, Kevin ^a  

^a NIRSA ^*  (Ireland)

^b Tipperary Institute   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Geocoding; Health information systems; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

COUNTY LIMERICK; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642338100     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770309555818     Document Type: Article

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