Discovering meaningful information from large amounts of environment and health data to reduce uncertainties in formulating environmental policies

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 434-440

  Lee, I Nong ^a   Chang, Wen Chung ^b   Hong, Yu Jue ^a   Liao, Shang Chih ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Environmental Protection Bureau   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Health records; Knowledge discovery; Uncertainty; Water hardness

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARDNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST EFFECTIVE; ENVIRONMENT DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH DATA; HEALTH RECORDS; IS COSTS; LARGE AMOUNTS; LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA; RENAL STONES; UNCERTAINTY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; MAGNESIUM; TAP WATER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TAIWAN; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 33750272239     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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