Geographic Epidemiology of Gonorrhea in Baltimore, Maryland, Using a Geographic Information System
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Geographic epidemiology of gonorrhea in Baltimore, Maryland, using a geographic information system.
The epidemiology of gonorrhea is characterized by geographically defined hyperendemic areas, or "cores." Geographic information system (GIS) technology offers new opportunities to evaluate these patterns. The authors developed a GIS system linked to the disease surveillance database at the Baltimore Health Department and used this system to evaluate the geographic epidemiology of gonorrhea in B...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009513