Landscape structure and diseases profile: Associating land use type composition with disease distribution

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-187

  Votsi, Nefta Eleftheria P ^a   Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^b   Drakou, Evangelia G ^a,c   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

disease distributional patterns; environmental health policy; environmental indicators; Land use types; tranquility

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH POLICY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GREECE; HUMAN; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

GREECE;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; NOISE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84891861134     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2013.800965     Document Type: Article

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