title: Using GIS-based approaches to support research on neurotoxicants and other children's environmental health threats.
abstract: Environmental threats to children's health are complex and multifaceted; consequently, children's environmental health research strives to identify areas of elevated exposure, determine whether particular demographic groups are inequitably exposed, and link exposures to incidence of disease. Many environmental health researchers use geographic information systems (GIS) to ex post display the results of their data collection and analysis. This methodological paper shows some ways by which the ex ante integration of GIS into environmental exposure and epidemiological research can significantly enhance: research design; sampling, recruitment, and retention strategies; data management and analysis; and community translation.
authors.affiliation: Children's Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, A134-LSRC, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA. mmiranda@duke.edu
authors.forename: Marie Lynn
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Dana C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Dolinoy
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D040362:Geographic Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances