Geographic bias related to geocoding in epidemiologic studies

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Oliver, M Norman ^a,b   Matthews, Kevin A ^a   Siadaty, Mir ^b   Hauck, Fern R ^a,b   Pickle, Linda W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Confounding factors; Epidemiology; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944444171     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-4-29     Document Type: Article

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