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This essential text surveys the perspectives methodologies and theories that geographers use to address the subject of human health and disease. Wide ranging and international in scope the volume synthesizes knowledge from across the social physical and biological sciences. Coverage includes the cultural ecology of disease; landscape epidemiology; developmental change and human health; biometeorology; disease ecology and spatial analysis in developed countries; spatial interaction in disease diffusion; health care resources delivery systems and planning; and research methodologies and data-analytic techniques. Throughout clearly presented vignettes examine special issues and demonstrate the use of advanced statistical tools. The text is richly illustrated with tables figures and maps including a four-page color insert.
TITLE: Medical Geography Second Edition
AUTHOR: Melinda Meade
SKU: 9781593851606
PUBLISHER: Guilford Publications
DATE PUBLISHED: 31/03/2005
PLACE PUBLISHED: United States
PAGES: 501
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
WEIGHT: 558 gr