Online GIS services for mapping and sharing disease information

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gao, Sheng ^a   Mioc, Darka ^a   Anton, Francois ^b   Yi, Xiaolun ^c   Coleman, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c New Brunswick Lung Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MAINE; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEW BRUNSWICK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 41749101487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-8     Document Type: Article

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