Current practices in spatial analysis of cancer data: mapping health statistics to inform policymakers and the public

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To communicate population-based cancer statistics, cancer researchers have a long tradition of presenting data in a spatial representation, or map. Historically, health data were presented in printed atlases in which the map producer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wartenberg Daniel, Pickle Linda, Hoskins Richard E, Bell B Sue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-11-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/49