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Author:

Koch, Tom, 1949-

Title:

Cartographies of disease : maps, mapping, and medicine / Tom Koch.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

ESRI Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xvii, 389 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Medical mapping--History.
Medical geography--Data processing.--Data processing.
Public health--Geographic information systems.
Epidemiology--Statistical methods.
Medical geography--Methodology.
Topography, Medical--history.
Disease Outbreaks
Communicable Diseases--epidemiology.
Epidemiology--history.
Cholera--epidemiology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-355) and index.

Contents:

Mapping and mapmaping -- Medical mapping: early histories -- Mapping and statistics: 1830-1849 -- John Snow: the London epidemics -- The cholera debate -- Map as intent: variations on John Snow -- Mapping legacy -- Public health: the divorce -- Disease ecologies: disease atlases -- Complex processes: diffusion and structure -- GIS and medical mapping -- Map thinking: an afterward -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9781589481206 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1589481208 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58456088

LCCN:

2005005993

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)