Error propagation models to examine the effects of geocoding quality on spatial analysis of individual-level datasets

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-82

  Zandbergen, P A ^b   Hart, T C ^a   Lenzer, K E ^b   Camponovo, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Error propagation; Geocoding quality; Positional accuracy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GEOCODING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ERROR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859218774     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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