Health and environment information systems for exposure and disease mapping, and risk assessment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 995-997

  Jarup, Lars ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease mapping; Exposure assessment; GIS; Health and environment information systems; Risk assessment; Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHENOL; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AIR POLLUTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL WASTE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTERNET; LEUKEMIA; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 3142711099     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6736     Document Type: Short Survey

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