THE ROLE OF CARTOGRAPHY IN MEDICAL RESEARCH
The article presents a new direction of earth and human sciences - medical mapping. The modern concept of medical mapping and its benefits for population health are discussed. The contemporary Geographic Information System (GIS) made generating of medical maps relatively easy. In this study, mul...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Geo-SEE Institute
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geoinformation |
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| Online Access: | https://mmm-gi.geo-see.org/wp-content/uploads/MMM-GI_16/Kastreva_Kastreva.pdf |
| Summary: | The article presents a new direction of earth and human sciences - medical
mapping. The modern concept of medical mapping and its benefits for
population health are discussed. The contemporary Geographic Information
System (GIS) made generating of medical maps relatively easy. In this study,
multiple medical maps were compiled (only two are presented here) based on
databases for two neurological diseases - hereditary peripheral neuropathies
and epilepsy in GIS environments. The number of patients included in the
database is updated regularly, which requires a technology that makes it
possible to easily compile maps that represent constantly changing data. For
this reason GIS technology is one of the most promising tool in
epidemiological researches. |
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| ISSN: | 1857-9000 1857-9019 |