USING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) IN EVALUATING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH FACILITIES FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN PENANG STATE, MALAYSIA

USING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) IN EVALUATING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH FACILITIES FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN PENANG STATE, MALAYSIA

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been used widely in manydeveloped countries to map health-related events, and the results areused for planning of health services (such as locating screening centres) and in assessing clusters of cases to help identify possible aetiological factors. In the...

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Main Authors: Narimah Samat, Dina Jambi, Norul Shahira Musa, Aishah Knight Abd. Shatar, Azizah Ab Manan, Yasmin Sulaiman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2010-01-01
Series:Kajian Malaysia
Subjects:
GIS
breast cancer
point pattern analysis
network analysis
Online Access:http://web.usm.my/km/28(1)2010/KM%20ART%205%20(103-122).pdf

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