title: Geographic information systems and public health.
abstract: Geographic information systems (GIS) and analyses based on GIS have become widespread and well accepted. GIS is not the complete solution to understanding the distribution of disease and the problems of public health but is an important way in which to better illuminate how humans interact with their environment to create or deter health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Administration and Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health, Services Research, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7590, USA. tom_ricketts@unc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Ricketts
mesh_terms: D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011634:Public Health; D040442:Public Health Informatics; D014481:United States