Health GIS and HIV/AIDS studies: Perspective and retrospective

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 748-755

  Kandwal, Rashmi ^a   Garg, P K ^a   Garg, R D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Applications; Epidemiology; GIS; Health; HIV AIDS; Indian scenario; Mapping; Modeling; Softwares; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

GIS; HIV/AIDS; INDIAN SCENARIO; MODELING; SOFTWARES; SURVEILLANCE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA MINING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 67649635614     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2009.04.008     Document Type: Review

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