Spatial Analysis in Health Geography

Spatial Analysis in Health Geography
ISBN-10
1472416198
ISBN-13
9781472416193
Series
Spatial Analysis in Health Geography
Category
Social Science
Pages
345
Language
English
Published
2015-07-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Authors
Asst Prof Eric Delmelle, Assoc Prof Antonio Páez, Professor Pavlos Kanaroglou

Description

Presenting current research on spatial epidemiology, this book covers topics such as exposure, chronic disease, infectious disease, accessibility to health care settings and new methods in Geographical Information Science and Systems. For epidemiologists, and for the management and administration of health care settings, it is critical to understand the spatial dynamics of disease. Spatial epidemiology relies increasingly on new methodologies, such as clustering algorithms, visualization and space-time modelling, the domain of Geographic Information Science. Implementation of those techniques appears at an increasing pace in commercial Geographic Information Systems, alongside more traditional techniques that are already part of such systems. This book provides the latest methods in GI Science and their use in health related problems.

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