Spatial Analysis in Health Geography (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction: spatial analysis and health, Eric Delmelle and Pavlos S. Kanaroglou. Section 1 Methods: Effective use of GIS for spatial epidemiology, Linda Beale; An assessment of online geocoding services for health research in a mid-sized Canadian city, Patrick DeLuca and Pavlos S. Kanaroglou; Clustering and co-occurrence of cancer types: a comparison of techniques with an application to pediatric cancer in Murcia, Spain, Antonio Paez, Fernando A. Lopez-Hernandez, Juan A. Ortega-Garcia and Manuel Ruiz. Section 2 Infectious Disease: Spatio-temporal characteristics of the medieval Black Death, Brian H. Bossak and Mark R. Welford; Space-time visualization of dengue fever outbreaks, Eric Delmelle, Meijuan Jia, Coline Dony, Irene Casas and Wenwu Tang; Disease at the molecular scale: methods for exploring spatial patterns of pathogen genetics, Margaret Carrel. Section 3 Chronic Disease: Modeling spatial variation in disease risk in epidemiologic studies, David C. Wheeler and Umaporn Siangphoe; The spatial epidemiology of mental well-being in Dhaka's slums, Oliver Gruebner, Mobarak Hossain Khan, Sven Lautenbach, Daniel Muller, Alexander Kramer, Tobia Lakes, Patrick Hostert and Sandro Galea; Space-time analysis of late-stage breast cancer incidence in Michigan, Pierre Goovaerts and Maxime Goovaerts. Section 4 Exposure: A method for reducing classical error in long-term average air pollution concentrations from incomplete time-series data, Matthew D. Adams and Pavlos S. Kanaroglou; The geographic distribution of metal dust exposure in Syracuse, NY, Daniel A. Griffith; Participatory and ubiquitous sensing for exposure assessment in spatial epidemiology, Michael Jerrett, Colleen E. Reid, Thomas E. McKone and Petros Koutrakis. Section 5 Accessibility and Health: Locational planning of health care facilities, Alan T. Murray and Tony H. Grubesic; Planning towards maximum equality in accessibility of NCI Cancer Centers in the U.S., Fahui Wang, Cong Fu and Xun Shi; Spatial dimensions of access to health care services, Daniel J. Lewis; Nature and death: an individual level analysis of the relationship between biophilic environments and premature mortality in Florida, Christopher J. Coutts and Mark W. Horner. Appendix; Index.