Geographic information analysis and web-based geoportals to explore malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of approaches

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Marx, Sabrina ^a   Phalkey, Revati ^a   Aranda Jan, Clara B ^b   Profe, Jörn ^a   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a   Höfle, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographic information system (GIS); Malnutrition; Spatial analysis; Sub Saharan Africa; Web services

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALNUTRITION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALNUTRITION;

EID: 84964315316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1189     Document Type: Review

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