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These papers and articles cover information and research involving GIS.
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Papers by SRAB Staff
Improving the Communication of Geographic Patterns of Disease through Computer-based Tools (PDF) -
Presentation from a 2005 conference.
The Crossroads of GIS and Health Information: A Workshop on Moving Ahead to Improve Cancer Control
(also available in PDF format) -
Report from a workshop held in June 2005 that brought together experts in a broad range of
cancer research-related fields to address current issues in geographical information science and cancer control.
GIS and Spatial Analysis Publications -
Citations for papers related to GIS and Spatial Analysis published by staff of the
Statistical Research and Applications Branch at the National Cancer Institute.
US Predicted Cancer Incidence, 1999: Complete Maps by County and State from Spatial Projection Models - Monograph presenting maps and tables of rates and case counts for 1999 using a spatial
projection model that predicts the number of cases in each county based on the
sociodemographic and lifestyle profile for that county.
Papers by other NCI Staff
American
Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 30, Issue 2, Supplement 1, Pages S1-S118 (February 2006):
Special topic supplement on prostate cancer and GIS:
Brewer CA.
Basic Mapping Principles for Visualizing Cancer Data Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Am J Prev Med 2006 Feb;30(Suppl 2):S25-36.
Rushton G, Armstrong MP, Gittler J, Greene BR, Pavlik CE, West MM, Zimmerman DL.
Geocoding in cancer research a review.
Am J Prev Med 2006 Feb;30(Suppl 2):S16-24.
Nuckols JR, Miller RS, Gunier RB, Ward MH, Weigel SB, and Reynolds P. Linkage of the
California Pesticide Use Reporting Database with Spatial Land Use Data for Exposure
Assessment and Environmental Epidemiology (to be submitted to Environ Health Perspect).
Maxwell SK, Nuckols JR, Ward MH, Hoffer RM. An automated approach to mapping corn from Landsat imagery. Comput Electron Agric 2004:43;43-54.
Nuckols JR, Jarup L, Ward MH. Using geographic information systems for exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology studies. Environ Health Perspect 2004 Jun;112(9):1007-15.
Ward MH, Giglierano J, Nuckols JR, Wolter C, Colt JS, Camann D, Hartge P. Proximity to
crops and residential exposure to agricultural pesticides in Iowa. Proceedings from
EUROHEIS/SAHSU Conference 2003, pp. 140-5.
Pickle LW, Heineman EF, Ward MH, Nuckols JR, Gumpertz M, Bell BS. Applications of GIS
to cancer research at the National Cancer Institute. Proceedings of the third annual ESRI
International Health GIS
conference: http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/health01/papers/hc01_p01a/hc01_p01a.html,
2001.
Maxwell SK, Nuckols JR, Smith E, Ward MH, Hoffer RM. Automated crop mapping from
Landsat imagery. In: Proceedings of Pecora12/Land Satellite Information III:
Demonstrating the Value of Satellite Imagery. ASPRS: Bethesda, MD (available on CD-ROM),
2000.
Nuckols JR, Ward MH. Exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology: Application of
GIS technology. In: Proceedings of GIS in Public Health Conference. San Diego, CA,
August, 1998. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Atlanta, GA, 2000.
Ward MH, Nuckols JR, Weigel SJ, Maxwell SK, Cantor KP, Miller RS. Identifying
populations potentially exposed to agricultural pesticides using remote sensing and a
geographic information system. Environ Health Perspect 2000;108:5-12.
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Issues in Spatial Statistics
Bell BS, Hoskins RE, Pickle LW, Wartenberg D.
Current practices in spatial analysis of cancer data: mapping health statistics to inform policymakers and the public.
Int J Health Geogr 2006 Nov 8;5:49. Review.
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Pickle LW, Waller LA, Lawson AB.
Current practices in cancer spatial data analysis: a call for guidance.
Int J Health Geogr 2005 Jan 13;4(1):3.
Boscoe FP, Ward MH, Reynolds P.
Current practices in spatial analysis of cancer data: data characteristics and data sources for geographic studies of cancer.
Int J Health Geogr 2004 Dec 1;3(1):28.
Jacquez GM.
Current practices in the spatial analysis of cancer: flies in the ointment.
Int J Health Geogr 2004 Oct 12;3(1):22.
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