Neighborhood size and local geographic variation of health and social determinants

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Spatial filtering using a geographic information system (GIS) is often used to smooth health and ecological data. Smoothing disease data can help us understand local (neighborhood) geographic variation and ecological risk of diseases...

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Main Authors: Emch Michael, Canh Do, Thiem Vu, Park Jin-Kyung, Ali Mohammad, Clemens John D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-06-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/4/1/12