Geocoding rural addresses in a community contaminated by PFOA: A comparison of methods

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Vieira, Veránica M ^a   Howard, Gregory J ^a,b   Gallagher, Lisa G ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCVIEW; DATABASE; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GPS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SURFACTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CODING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; GEOCODING RURAL ADDRESS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WOOD COUNTY [WEST VIRGINIA];

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 77951028898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-18     Document Type: Article

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