Development of spatial density maps based on geoprocessing web services: application to tuberculosis incidence in Barcelona, Spain

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dominkovics, Pau ^a   Granell, Carlos ^a,b   Pérez Navarro, Antoni ^a   Casals, Martí ^c   Orcau, Àngels ^c   Caylà, Joan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISK; MAP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOFTWARE; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 82255182412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-62     Document Type: Article

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