The role of the map and geographic information library in medical geographic research

Journal of Map and Geography Libraries

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-35

  Cromley, Ellen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

georeferencing; geospatial data; medical geography; metadata

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; GIS; MAPPING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 78651319627     PISSN: 15420353     EISSN: 15420361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15420353.2011.534685     Document Type: Article

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