Neighbourhoods and health: A GIS approach to measuring community resource accessibility

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 389-395

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Witten, Karen ^b   Bartie, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GIS; HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33646262877     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.043281     Document Type: Article

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