Detecting the association between children health and lead exposure using Voronoi polygon rezoning

Geography Research Forum

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-61

  Kloog, Itai ^a,b   Portnov, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological bias; Exposure misclassification; GIS; Lead; Rezoning; Soil contamination; Voronoi polygons

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; GIS; HEALTH STATUS; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ABIES;

EID: 84873688626     PISSN: 03335275     EISSN: 24148725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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