Growing interest in use of geographic information systems in health and healthcare research: a review of PubMed from 2003 to 2011

Abstract in Undetermined There has been an increasing interest in applying GIS into health and healthcare research in recent years.4,5 However, this increasing interest has not yet been gauged. In order to address this, the current study was performed to examine the crude number and the annual rate...

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Published inJRSM short reports Vol. 4; no. 6; p. 2042533313478810
Main Authors Sanati, Negin A, Sanati, Mehri
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2013
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Engineering and Technology
geographical information systems (GIS)
health and healthcare research
Maskinteknik
Mechanical Engineering
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi
Research Letter
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ISSN2042-5333
2042-5333
DOI10.1177/2042533313478810

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Summary:Abstract in Undetermined There has been an increasing interest in applying GIS into health and healthcare research in recent years.4,5 However, this increasing interest has not yet been gauged. In order to address this, the current study was performed to examine the crude number and the annual rate of papers with ‘Geographic Information Systems’ among their MeSH Terms in PubMed (a free database which is maintained by US National Library of Medicine).
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ISSN:2042-5333
2042-5333
DOI:10.1177/2042533313478810