A relative spatial access assessment approach for analyzing potential spatial access to colorectal cancer services in Texas

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-299

  Wan, Neng ^a   Zhan, F Benjamin ^a,b   Zou, Bin ^c   Chow, Edwin ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer disparity; Colorectal cancer; GIS; Health; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL SOCIETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN SOCIETY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960263143     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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