Geographical Information Systems and Health: Current State and Future Directions

Healthcare Informatics Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-96

  Shaw, Nicola T ^a  

^a ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geographic Information Systems; Medical Informatics; Public Health; Public Health Informatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878762274     PISSN: 20933681     EISSN: 2093369X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2012.18.2.88     Document Type: Review

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