Edited book
Geocoding Health Data: The Use of Geographic Codes in Cancer Prevention and Control, Research and Practice
CRC Press
2008
Abstract
In the past, disease pattern mapping depended on census tracts based on political units, such as states and counties. However, with the advent of geographic information systems (GIS), researchers can now achieve a new level of precision and flexibility in geographic locating. This emerging technology allows the mapping of many different kinds of geographies, including disease rates in relation to pollution sources.
Geocoding Health Data presents a state-of-the-art discussion on the current technical and administrative developments in geographic information science. In particular, it discusses how geocoded residential addresses can be used to examine the spatial patterns of cancer incidence, staging, survival, and mortality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Geocoding Health Data: The Use of Geographic Codes in Cancer Prevention and Control, Research and Practice
- Creators
- Gerard Rushton (Editor)Mark P. Armstrong (Editor)Josephine Gittler (Editor) - University of IowaBarry R Greene (Editor)Claire E. Pavlik (Editor)Michele M West (Editor)Dale L. Zimmerman (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Edited book
- ISBN
- 9780849384196
- Publisher
- CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL
- Number of pages
- 248 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2008
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Epidemiology; Geographical and Sustainability Sciences; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9983557900002771
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