Geographical Detectors-Based Health Risk Assessment and its Application in the Neural Tube Defects Study of the Heshun Region, China
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JIN-FENG WANG*{, XIN-HU LI{, GEORGE CHRISTAKOS§, YI-LAN LIAO{, TIN ZHANG", XUE GU" and XIAO-YING ZHENG** {Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China {Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361003, China §Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-4493, USA "Beijing Institute of Paediatrics, Beijing, 100012, China **Institute of Population Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science
دوره 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010