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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-11-01
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Series: | International Journal of Health Geographics |
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Online Access: | http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/4/1/29 |