Potential biases due to geocoding error in spatial analyses of official data

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 562-567

  Hay, Geoff ^a   Kypri, Kypros ^a,b   Whigham, Peter ^a   Langley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bias; Crime; Geospatial; GIS; Outlet density

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CRIME; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 58049126471     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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