GIS, geostatistics, metadata banking, and tree-based models for data analysis and mapping in environmental monitoring and epidemiology

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 23-36

  Schröder, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Epidemiology; Geographic information systems (GIS); Geostatistics; Mapping; Metadata banking; Tree based models

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND BIOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33646382572     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.02.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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