Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)

Published: 1 November 2014

Original Articles

Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal

Jorge Gonçalves, J. Antunes Ferreira, Beatriz Condessa

1-6

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.1

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A new multidimensional population health indicator for policy makers: absolute level, inequality and spatial clustering - an empirical application using global sub-national infant mortality data

Benn K.D. Sartorius, Kurt Sartorius

7-26

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.2

2735

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Disease mapping and spatio-temporal analysis: importance of expected-case computation criteria

Gonzalo Lòpez-Abente, Nuria Aragonés, Javier García-Pérez, Pablo Fernández- Navarro

27-35

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.3

3102

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The influence of the built environment on outcomes from a walking school bus study: a cross-sectional analysis using geographical information systems

Nicolas M. Oreskovic, Jeff Blossom, Alyssa I. Robinson, Minghua L. Chen, Doris K. Uscanga, Jason A. Mendoza

37-44

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.4

1830

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Building obesity in Canada: understanding the individual- and neighbourhood-level determinants using a multi-level approach

Theodora Pouliou, Susan J. Elliott, Antonio Paez, K. Bruce Newbold

45-55

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.5

2618

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Application of global positioning system methods for the study of obesity and hypertension risk among low-income housing residents in New York City: a spatial feasibility study

Dustin T. Duncan, Seann D. Regan, Donna Shelley, Kristen Day, Ryan R. Ruff, Maliyhah Al-Bayan, Brian Elbel

57-70

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.6

2466

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A methodology for combining multiple commercial data sources to improve measurement of the food and alcohol environment: applications of geographical information systems

Dara D. Mendez, Jessica Duell, Sarah Reiser, Deborah Martin, Robert Gradeck, Anthony Fabio

71-96

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.7

2398

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Geographic disparities of asthma prevalence in south-western United States of America

Lung-Chang Chien, Hasanat Alamgir

97-108

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.8

2684

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The spatial and seasonal distribution of Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus forskalii and Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis, in N'Djamena, Chad

Wendelin Moser, Helena Greter, Christian Schindler, Fiona Allan, Bongo N. R. Ngandolo, Daugla D. Moto, Jürg Utzinger, Jakob Zinsstag

109-118

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.9

5458

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Mosquito habitat and dengue risk potential in Kenya: alternative methods to traditional risk mapping techniques

David F. Attaway, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Allan Falconer, Germana Manca, Lauren Rosenshein Bennett, Nigel M. Waters

119-130

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.10

3043

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Spatio-temporal patterns of dengue in Malaysia: combining address and sub-district level

Cheong Y. Ling, Oliver Gruebner, Alexander Krämer, Tobia Lakes

131-140

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.11

3317

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Geographical distribution of the association between El Niño South Oscillation and dengue fever in the Americas: a continental analysis using geographical information system-based techniques

Marcos C. Ferreira

141-151

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.12

2957

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Landscape, demographic and climatic associations with human West Nile virus occurrence regionally in 2012 in the United States of America

John P. DeGroote, Ramanathan Sugumaran, Mark Ecker

153-168

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.13

2222

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Elimination of malaria due to Plasmodium vivax in central part of the People's Republic of China: analysis and prediction based on modelling

Zhao Chen, Liang Shi, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Zhi-Gui Xia, Robert Bergquist, Qing-Wu Jiang

169-177

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.14

3335

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Environmental modelling of visceral leishmaniasis by susceptibility-mapping using neural networks: a case study in north-western Iran

Mohammadreza Rajabi, Ali Mansourian, Petter Pilesjö, Ahad Bazmani

179-191

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.15

7011

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Ecological niche model of Phlebotomus perniciosus, the main vector of canine leishmaniasis in north-eastern Italy

Manuela Signorini, Rudi Cassini, Michele Drigo, Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono, Mario Pietrobelli, Fabrizio Montarsi, Anna-Sofie Stensgaard

193-201

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.16

3306

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A determination of the spatial concordance between Lyme disease incidence and habitat probability of its primary vector Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick)

Samuel F. Atkinson, Sahotra Sarkar, Aldo Aviña, Jim A. Schuermann, Phillip Williamson

203-212

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.17

14711

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Using geographical information system for spatial evaluation of canine extruded disc herniation

Constantin Daraban, Carla Murino, Giuseppe Marzatico, Giuseppina Mennonna, Gerardo Fatone, Luigi Auletta, Fabiana Micieli, Vasile Vulpe, Leonardo Meomartino

213-220

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.18

2387

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Potential for spread of the white-nose fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) in the Americas: use of Maxent and NicheA to assure strict model transference

Luis E. Escobar, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel, A. Townsend Peterson

221-229

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.19

6455

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Relationship between altitude and lithium in groundwater in the United States of America: results of a 1992-2003 study

Rebekah S. Huber, Namkug Kim, Carl E. Renshaw, Perry F. Renshaw, Douglas G. Kondo

231-235

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.20

1649

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Interpreting predictive maps of disease: highlighting the pitfalls of distribution models in epidemiology

Nicola A. Wardrop, Matthew Geary, Patrick E. Osborne, Peter M. Atkinson

237-246

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.397

1980

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Health risk assessment along the wastewater and faecal sludge management and reuse chain of Kampala, Uganda: a visualization

Samuel Fuhrimann, Mirko S. Winkler, Pierre H.H. Schneeberger, Charles B. Niwagaba, Joseph Buwule, Mohammed Babu, Kate Medlicott, Jürg Utzinger, Guéladio Cissé

251-255

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.21

10026

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)

Original Articles

Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal

A new multidimensional population health indicator for policy makers: absolute level, inequality and spatial clustering - an empirical application using global sub-national infant mortality data

Disease mapping and spatio-temporal analysis: importance of expected-case computation criteria

The influence of the built environment on outcomes from a walking school bus study: a cross-sectional analysis using geographical information systems

Building obesity in Canada: understanding the individual- and neighbourhood-level determinants using a multi-level approach

Application of global positioning system methods for the study of obesity and hypertension risk among low-income housing residents in New York City: a spatial feasibility study

A methodology for combining multiple commercial data sources to improve measurement of the food and alcohol environment: applications of geographical information systems

Geographic disparities of asthma prevalence in south-western United States of America

The spatial and seasonal distribution of Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus forskalii and Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis, in N'Djamena, Chad

Mosquito habitat and dengue risk potential in Kenya: alternative methods to traditional risk mapping techniques

Spatio-temporal patterns of dengue in Malaysia: combining address and sub-district level

Geographical distribution of the association between El Niño South Oscillation and dengue fever in the Americas: a continental analysis using geographical information system-based techniques

Landscape, demographic and climatic associations with human West Nile virus occurrence regionally in 2012 in the United States of America

Elimination of malaria due to Plasmodium vivax in central part of the People's Republic of China: analysis and prediction based on modelling

Environmental modelling of visceral leishmaniasis by susceptibility-mapping using neural networks: a case study in north-western Iran

Ecological niche model of Phlebotomus perniciosus, the main vector of canine leishmaniasis in north-eastern Italy

A determination of the spatial concordance between Lyme disease incidence and habitat probability of its primary vector Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick)

Using geographical information system for spatial evaluation of canine extruded disc herniation

Potential for spread of the white-nose fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) in the Americas: use of Maxent and NicheA to assure strict model transference

Relationship between altitude and lithium in groundwater in the United States of America: results of a 1992-2003 study

Interpreting predictive maps of disease: highlighting the pitfalls of distribution models in epidemiology

Health risk assessment along the wastewater and faecal sludge management and reuse chain of Kampala, Uganda: a visualization

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