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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-11-01
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Series: | International Journal of Health Geographics |
Online Access: | http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/5/1/49 |