Evaluation of spatial relationships between health and the environment: The rapid inquiry facility

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1306-1312

  Linda, Beale ^a   Hodgson, Susan ^b   Abellan, Juan Jose ^c   LeFevre, Sam ^d   Jarup, Lars ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease mapping; Environmental epidemiology; Geographical information systems (GIS); Risk analysis; Spatial epidemiology; Tool. environ health perspect

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CADMIUM SULFIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAPID INQUIRY FACILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREAT BRITAIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956792165     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901849     Document Type: Article

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