Open AccessProbability mapping to determine the spatial risk pattern of acute gastroenteritis in Coimbatore District, India, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Author(s) -
Pawlin Vasanthi Joseph,
Balan Brindha,
Vidhyalakshmi Rajendran,
Devi Marimuthu Prashanthi,
Balasubramanian Somnathan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.158865
Subject(s) - geographic information system , geography , probabilistic logic , spatial analysis , resource (disambiguation) , statistics , environmental resource management , computer science , cartography , mathematics , remote sensing , environmental science , computer network
Maps show well the spatial configuration of information. Considerable effort is devoted to the development of geographical information systems (GIS) that increase understanding of public health problems and in particular to collaborate efforts among clinicians, epidemiologists, ecologists, and geographers to map and forecast disease risk.