Journal article
An integrated framework for the geographic surveillance of chronic disease
Abstract
BackgroundGeographic public health surveillance is concerned with describing and disseminating geographic information about disease and other measures of health to policy makers and the public. While methodological developments in the geographical analysis of disease are numerous, few have been integrated into a framework that also considers the effects of case ascertainment bias on the effectiveness of chronic disease surveillance.ResultsWe …
Authors
Yiannakoulias N; Svenson LW; Schopflocher DP
Journal
International Journal of Health Geographics, Vol. 8, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2009
DOI
10.1186/1476-072x-8-69
ISSN
1476-072X