Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)

24 articles Published 13 November 2018

Editorials

1 article

Publish or perish: Need for bibliometric and access reform

Robert Bergquist, Laura Rinaldi, Giuseppe Cringoli

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.744
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Original Articles

21 articles

Mapping the potential distribution of the schistosomiasis intermediate host Biomphalaria straminea in China

Jingyu Fan, Xuejiao Yuan, Menglin Wang, Gengping Zhu

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.723
- 2,641 abstract views
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Development of a hexagonal, mesh-based distribution method for community health centres

Yinan Zhou, Ge Bai, Li Luo

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.648
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Bayesian zero-inflated spatio-temporal modelling of scrub typhus data in Korea, 2010-2014

Dayun Kang, Jungsoon Choi

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.665
- 2,138 abstract views
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Spatial modelling and mapping of teen birth rates in Taiwan in the period 1995-2010

Ying-Chih Chuang, Ting-Wu Chuang, Hsing Jasming Chao, Kuo-Chien Tseng, Kun-Yang Chuang

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.700
- 2,008 abstract views
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Spatial analysis of asbestos exposure and occupational health care in Poland during the period 2004-2013

MaÅ‚gorzata KròwczyÅ„ska, Ewa Wilk

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.689
- 2,666 abstract views
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Comparing potential spatial access with self-reported travel times and cost analysis to haemodialysis facilities in North-eastern Iran

Behzad Kiani, Nasser Bagheri, Ahmad Tara, Benyamin Hoseini, Soheil Hashtarkhani, Mahmood Tara

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.703
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Operational satellite-based temporal modelling of Aedes population in Argentina

Manuel Espinosa, Eliana Marina Alvarez Di Fino, Marcelo Abril, Mario Lanfri, Maria Victoria Periago, Carlos Marcelo Scavuzzo

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.734
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Geographical information system analysis on road accidents involving wandering dogs in the urban area of Naples

Giuseppina Mennonna, Carla Murino, Fabiana Micieli, Alessandro Costagliola, Danila D'Angelo, Orlando Paciello, Gerardo Fatone, Francesco Lamagna, Luigi Navas, Marina Pompameo, Leonardo Meomartino

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.628
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Spatial and temporal characteristics of cancer in the period from 2004 to 2013 in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Salahuddin M. Jaber, Jwan H. Ibbini, Nawal S. Hijjawi, Juhina J. Thnaibat, Omar F. Nimri

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.695
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Remotely identifying potential vector habitat in areas of refugee and displaced person populations due to the Syrian civil war

Samuel N. Chambers, Joseph A. Tabor

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.670
- 2,370 abstract views
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Examining the impact of the number of regions used in cluster detection methods: An application to childhood asthma visits to a hospital in Manitoba, Canada

Mahmoud Torabi, Katie Galloway

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.696
- 1,465 abstract views
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Effects of socio-economic and environmental factors on the spatial heterogeneity of dengue fever investigated at a fine scale

Yubing Qu, Xun Shi, Yong Wang, Rendong Li, Liang Lu, Qiyong Liu

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.682
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Assessments of residential and global positioning system activity space for food environments, body mass index and blood pressure among low-income housing residents in New York City

Kosuke Tamura, Brian Elbel, Jessica K. Athens, Pasquale E. Rummo, Basile Chaix, Seann D. Regan, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Dustin T. Duncan

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.712
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A geographical information systems-based approach to health facilities and urban traffic system in Belgrade, Serbia

Aleksandar Valjarević, Dragana Valjarević, Zorica Stanojević-Ristić, Tatjana Djekić, Nebojša Živić

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.729
- 1,903 abstract views
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Pleural mesothelioma in Poland: Spatial analysis of malignant mesothelioma prevalence in the period 1999-2013

MaÅ‚gorzata KròwczyÅ„ska, Ewa Wilk, Piotr Pabjanek, Gabriela OlÄ™dzka

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.667
- 1,827 abstract views
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Planning and location of health care services in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia: Discussion of the constructive use of geographical information systems

Abdulkader Murad

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.728
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Air versus water temperature of aquatic habitats in Delhi: Implications for transmission dynamics of Aedes aegypti

Gaurav Kumar, Veena Pande, Shweta Pasi, Vijay P. Ojha, Ramesh C. Dhiman

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.707
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Spatiotemporal mapping and detection of mortality cluster due to cardiovascular disease with Bayesian hierarchical framework using integrated nested Laplace approximation: A discussion of suitable statistic applications in Kersa, Oromia, Ethiopia

Melkamu Dedefo, Henry Mwambi, Sileshi Fanta, Nega Assefa

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.681
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Analysis of the relationship between life expectancy and social determinants in a north-eastern region of Brazil, 2010-2017

Andrezza Marques Duque, Marcus Valerius Peixoto, Shirley V.M.A Lima, Marco Aurélio O. Goes, Allan D. Santos, Karina Conceição Gomes Machado Araújo, Marco Antonio P. Nunes

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.702
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Trend and spatial analysis of prostate cancer mortality in the state of Sergipe, Brazil

José Augusto Passos Gòes, Danilo de Gois Souza, Lucas Almeida Andrade, Jéssica Cunha, Simone Kameo, Marco Aurélio O. Gòes, Andreia Freire de Menezes, Marco Antônio P. Nunes, Karina Conceiçao Gomes Machado de Araújo, Allan D. Santos

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.732
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Implications from assessing environmental effects on spatio-temporal pattern of schistosomiasis in the Yangtze Basin, China

Fenghua Gao, Michael P. Ward, Yan Wang, Zhijie Zhang, Yi Hu

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.730
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vHealth Communications

2 articles

SeaGIS Abruzzo: A publicly available atlas of marine uses and natural resources in the Adriatic Sea Region

Carla Ippoliti, Alessio Di Lorenzo, Riccardo Caprioli, Sandro Pelini, Annamaria Conte, Fernando D'Anselmo, Barbara Alessandrini, Susanna Tora, Carla Giansante

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.705
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Dispersal of harmful fruit fly pests by international trade and a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay to prevent their introduction

Simon Blaser, Cornelia Heusser, Hanspeter Diem, Andreas von Felten, Morgan Gueuning, Michael Andreou, Neil Boonham, Jennifer Tomlinson, Pie Müller, Jürg Utzinger, Jürg E. Frey, Beatrice Frey, Andreas Bühlmann

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.726
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