Validation of a GIS Facilities Database: Quantification and Implications of Error

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 371-377

  Boone, Janne E ^a,b   Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,b   Stewart, James D ^b   Popkin, Barry M ^a,b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment Design; Geographic Information Systems; Validation Studies

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 44149104376     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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