Enabling methods for community health mapping in developing countries

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ansumana, Rashid ^a   Malanoski, Anthony P ^b   Bockarie, Alfred S ^a   Sundufu, Abu J ^a   Jimmy, David H ^a   Bangura, Umaru ^a   Jacobsen, Kathryn H ^c   Lin, Baochuan ^b   Stenger, David A ^b  

^a NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIGITAL MAP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; MAPPING; POPULATION SIZE;

SIERRA LEONE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONSUMER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MAPS AS TOPIC; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 77958585055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-56     Document Type: Article

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