Georeferenced data in epidemiologic research

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1753-1766

  Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clustering; Ecological studies; Epidemiologic methods; Epidemiology; Medical geography; Small area analysis

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 53749087251     PISSN: 14138123     EISSN: 16784561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-81232008000600010     Document Type: Review

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