Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Medical Geography. (Studies in Geography No. 15).Melinda S. Meade, ed
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[Medical geography].
Hippocrates already noted that geographical factors such as climate, relief, geology but also settlement patterns had influenced the distribution of diseases. The task of medical geography is to investigate the associations between geographical factors and diseases. Thereby, geographic techniques and concepts are applied on health problems. Of particular importance is the mapping of diseases wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Anthropology Newsletter
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0543-2499,1937-6219
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1982.13.2.02a00200