Visualizing health data with micromaps

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Pickle, Linda Williams ^a   Carr, Daniel B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Geovisualization; Maps; Micromaps; Spatial data; Statistical graphics

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953581359     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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