Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an Informative Start for Challenging Process of Etiologic Investigation of Diseases and Public Health Policy Making

Background: The public health has been always concerned of the immediate environment of human as causal factors for different diseases and health outcomes. Epidemiology, as one of the fundamental basis of public health, is concerned of how diseases are distributed in terms of geographical, chronolog...

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Main Authors: Alireza Mosavi Jarrahi, M Zare, A Sadeghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2017-02-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care
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Online Access:http://www.waocp.com/journal/index.php/apjcc/article/view/5