Using google earth as an innovative tool for community mapping

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 474-480

  Lefer, Theodore B ^a   Anderson, Matthew R ^a   Fornari, Alice ^a   Lambert, Anastasia ^a   Fletcher, Jason ^a   Baquero, Maria ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; E-MAIL; EXERCISE; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBESITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EXERCISE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MAPS AS TOPIC; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 53049092971     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300408     Document Type: Article

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