Injury surveillance in low-resource settings using Geospatial and Social Web technologies

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cinnamon, Jonathan ^a   Schuurman, Nadine ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INJURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL DATA; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INJURY; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77952498187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-25     Document Type: Article

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