Using satellite remote sensing and household survey data to assess human health and nutrition response to environmental change

Population and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-72

  Brown, Molly E ^a   Grace, Kathryn ^b   Shively, Gerald ^c,e   Johnson, Kiersten B ^d   Carroll, Mark ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

DHS; Environment; Health; NDVI; Nutrition; Survey

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NDVI; NUTRITION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84906092055     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-013-0201-0     Document Type: Article

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