Using GIS to model incidence, prevalence and spread of non-legal drug use

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-439

  Field, Ken ^a   Beale, Linda ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

'CURRENT; BASE FUNCTION; CURRENT MODELING; GIS MODELS; LEVEL OF USE; RADIAL BASIS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DIMENSION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

FORECASTING;

DRUG USER; GIS; MODEL VALIDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644303023     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2004.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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