Using ArcMap, Google Earth, And Global Positioning Systems to select and locate random households in rural Haiti

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wampler, Peter J ^a   Rediske, Richard R ^a   Molla, Azizur R ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Bacterial water testing; Ethnographic study; Google Earth; GPS

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; GIS; GPS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HAITI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAITI; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WATER QUALITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAITI; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84872305251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-3     Document Type: Article

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