GIS: A spatial turn in the health science?

Neighbourhood Structure and Health Promotion

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 127-152

  Schipperijn, Jasper ^a   Ejstrud, Bo ^b   Troelsen, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84908092176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6672-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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