GIS for Health and the Environment Development in the Asia-Pacific Region With 110 Figures /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lai, Poh C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mak, Ann S. H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Earth sciences.; Epidemiology.; Computers.; Geographical information systems.; Medicine & Public Health.; Earth Sciences, general.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Information Systems and Communication Service.

“As the world becomes more integrated through the trade of goods and services and capital flows, it has become easier for diseases to spread through states, over borders and across oceans — and to do serious damage to vulnerable human and animal populations. ” American RadioWorks and NPR News, 2001...

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