Geographic information system (GIS) as a tool for disease surveillance and environmental health research

2005 International Conference on Services Systems and Services Management, Proceedings of ICSSSM'05

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1465-1470

  Zhan, F Benjamin ^a   Lu, Yongmei ^a   Giordano, Alberto ^a   Hanford, Elaine J ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease Surveillance; Environmental Health; Epidemiology; GIS; Spatial Analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745256017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSSSM.2005.1500242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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