Geographic bias related to geocoding in epidemiologic studies

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This article describes geographic bias in GIS analyses with unrepresentative data owing to missing geocodes, using as an example a spatial analysis of prostate cancer incidence among whites and African Americans in Virginia, 1990–199...

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Main Authors: Siadaty Mir, Matthews Kevin A, Oliver M Norman, Hauck Fern R, Pickle Linda W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-11-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
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Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/4/1/29