Data mashups: Potential contribution to decision support on climate change and health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1725-1746

  Fleming, Lora E ^a   Haines, Andy ^b   Golding, Brian ^c   Kessel, Anthony ^d   Cichowska, Anna ^d   Sabel, Clive E ^e   Depledge, Michael H ^a   Sarran, Christophe ^c   Osborne, Nicholas J ^a   Whitmore, Ceri ^a   Cocksedge, Nicola ^a   Bloomfield, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big data; Climate change; Data linkage; Data platforms; Ecological public health; Environmental change; Environmental health; Evidence base; Surveillance systems; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEALTH STATUS; PLANNING METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER; WELLBEING; DATA MINING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84893529585     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110201725     Document Type: Article

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