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

Author/creator Koch, Tom, 1949-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoRedlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, 2005.
Descriptionxvii, 389 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Topography, Medical--history. --Statistics.
Cholera--epidemiology.
Communicable Diseases--epidemiology.
Disease Outbreaks--history. --Statistics.
Epidemiology--statistics & numerical data.
Geographic Information Systems--history. --Statistics.
History, Modern 1601---Statistics.

Contents Mapping and mapmaking -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-355) and index.
LCCN 2005005993
ISBN1589481208 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

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