Geographical detectors-based health risk assessment and its application in the neural tube defects study of the Heshun Region, China

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-127

  Wang, Jin Feng ^a   Li, Xin Hu ^b   Christakos, George ^c   Liao, Yi Lan ^a   Zhang, Tin ^d   Gu, Xue ^d   Zheng, Xiao Ying ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institute of Special Mechanical and Electronical Instruments   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Birth risk; Determinants; Disease; Geographical detectors; Spatial consistence

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 76649121190     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810802443457     Document Type: Article

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