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12040915

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
At first glance, the domain of health is no typical area to applicate Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Nevertheless, the recent development clearly shows that also within the domains of environmental health, disease ecology and public health GIS have become an indispensable tool for processing, analysing and visualising spatial data. In the field of geographical epidemiology, GIS are used for drawing up disease maps and for ecological analysis. The striking advantages of GIS for the disease mapping process are the considerably simplified generation and variation of maps as well as a broader variety in terms of determining a real units. In the frame of ecological analysis, GIS can significantly assist with the assessment of the distribution of health-relevant environmental factors via interpolation and modelling. On the other hand, the GIS-supported methods for the detection of striking spatial patterns of disease distribution need to be much improved. An important topic in this respect is the integration of the time dimension. The increasing use of remote sensing as well as the integration into internet functionalities will stimulate the application of GIS in the field of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS). In future, the integration and analysis of health-relevant data in one single data system will open up many new research opportunities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1438-4639
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
205
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-6-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
New perspectives on the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in environmental health sciences.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Bonn, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn. boxman@ukb.uni-bonn.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review