Application of GIS-based spatial filtering method for neural tube defects disease mapping

Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1125-1130

  Chi, Wenxue ^a   Wang, Jinfeng ^b   Li, Xinhu ^c   Zheng, Xiaoying ^d   Liao, Yilan ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Birth defects; China; Geographic information system (GIS); Neural tube defects; Neural tube defects (NTDs); Spatial filtering

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849001308     PISSN: 10071202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11859-007-0097-6     Document Type: Article

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