Geographic Information Systems And Health Applications (Idea Group-2003).pdf

文档介绍：Geographic
Information Systems
and
Health Applications
Omar A. Khan
Editor
Ric Skinner
Associate Editor
IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Geographic information systems and health applications / Omar A. Khan [editor].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-59140-042-2 (cloth)
1. Geographic information systems. 2. Public health--Data processing. 3. Medical
care--Data processing. I. Khan, Omar A., 1973-
RA566 .G46 2002
'0285--dc21
2002068750
eISBN 1-59140-076-7
British Cataloguing in Publication Data
A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library.
Geographic Information Systems
and Health Applications
Table of Contents
Foreword ............................................................................................. viii
Ric Skinner, Baystate Medical Center, USA
Preface ................................................................................................... x
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