title: Neurological disability in leprosy: incidence and gender association in Sergipe, Brazil.
abstract: The environmental impact assessment process is over 40 years old and has dramatically expanded. Topics, such as social, health and human rights impact are now included. The main body of an impact analysis is generally hundreds of pages long and supported by countless technical appendices. For large, oil/gas, mining and water resources projects both the volume and technical sophistication of the reports has far exceeded the processing ability of host communities. Instead of informing and empowering, the reports are abstruse and overwhelming. Reinvention is required. The development of a visual integrated impact assessment strategy that utilizes remote sensing and spatial analyses is described.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Hospital Universitário, Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Rua Claudio Batista s/n, Bairro Sanatório, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, CEP 49060-100.
authors.forename: Daniela Teles
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Marília Matos
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bezerra
authors.forename: José Antônio Pacheco
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duthie
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Amelia Ribeiro
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: de Jesus
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D062305:Geographic Mapping; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011634:Public Health; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic