Community health assessment using self-organizing maps and geographic information systems

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Basara, Heather G ^a   Yuan, May ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; HEALTH CARE; MAP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 61349153023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-67     Document Type: Article

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