The Added value of geographical information systems in public and environmental health /

This book is one of the first to introduce the potential of the new and rapidly developing GIS technology in the field of public and environmental health. Contributions include papers originally presented in December 1990 at a meeting at the National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Prot...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	SpringerLink (Online service), World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Other Authors:	Lepper, Marion J. C. de, Scholten, H. J. (Henk J.), Stern, Richard M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1995]
Series:	GeoJournal library ; v. 24.
Subjects:	Environmental health > Data processing. Public health > Data processing. Geographic information systems > Economic aspects. Public Health > methods. Information Systems > economics. Environmental Health. Health. Social Science. Environmental Studies. Medicine. MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment. MEDICAL > Epidemiology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Environment and health data in Europe as a tool for risk management: needs, uses and strategies / Richard M. Stern
2. Indicators of public health and environmental quality / Erik Lebret
3. Meta-information systems for environment and health / Jan A. Bakkes
4. An introduction to geographical information systems / Henk J. Scholten and Marion J.C. de Lepper
5. The integration of information in geographical information systems / Arthur U.C.J. van Beurden and Marion J.C. de Lepper
6. Organizational aspects of geographical information systems / David W. Heath
7. Data aspects of geographical information systems / J. Maes and M.H. Cornaert
8. Spatial analysis in health research / Wim Douven and Henk J. Scholten
9. Strategies for the use of geography in epidemiological analysis / Andrew Westlake.