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Spatial Analysis, GIS, and Remote Sensing Applications in the Health Sciences
Author: Donald Patrick Albert (Editor),Wilbert M. Gesler (Editor),Barbara Levergood (Editor)

Cover: cover
Pages: 250
List Price: $69.95
Published by Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1575041014


Table of Contents

1.Introduction1
2.How Spatial Analysis Can be Used in Medical Geography11
3.Geographic Information Systems: Medical Geography39
4.Geographic Information Systems in Health Services Research55
5.GIS-Aided Environmental Research: Prospects and Pitfalls77
6.Infectious Disease and GIS111
7.A Historical Perspective on the Development of Remotely Sensed Data as Applied to Medical Geography129
8.The Integration of Remote Sensing and Medical Geography: Process and Application147
9.Conclusions169
Master GIS/RS Bibliographic Resource Guide171
Glossary197
Subject Index205
Geographical Index215