Local indicators of geocoding accuracy (LIGA): Theory and application

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 60-

  Jacquez, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Rommel, Robert ^a  

^a BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL THEORY; GEOSTATISTICS; GPS; LIDAR; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISUALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549107875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-60     Document Type: Article

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