Land-use and land-cover assessment for the study of lifestyle change in a rural Mexican community: The Maycoba Project

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Giraldo, Mario A ^a   Chaudhari, Lisa S ^b   Schulz, Leslie O ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; GIS; Land use change; Lifestyle; Mexican Pimas; Mexico; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GIS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

PIMA;

AGRICULTURE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; MEXICO; POPULATION GROUPS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84863519462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-27     Document Type: Article

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