The Canadian geospatial data infrastructure and health mapping

CyberGeo

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gao, Sheng ^a   Mioc, Darka ^b   Yi, Xiaolun ^a   Anton, François ^c   Oldfield, Eddie ^a   Coleman, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b New Brunswick Lung Association   (Canada)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CGDI; Data sharing; Health; Mapping; Usability

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAPPING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 67650911596     PISSN: 12783366     EISSN: 12783366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/cybergeo.21123     Document Type: Article

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