The added value of geographical information systems in public and environmental health / edited by Marion J.C. De Lepper, Henk J. Scholten and Richard M. Stern.

"Published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe."

1. Environment and health data in Europe as a tool for risk management: needs, uses and strategies / Richard M. Stern -- 2. Indicators of public health and environmental quality / Erik Lebret -- 3. Meta-information systems for environment and health / Jan A. Bakkes -- 4. An introduction to geographical information systems / Henk J. Scholten and Marion J. C. de Lepper -- 5. The integration of information in geographical information systems / Arthur U. C. J. van Beurden and Marion J. C. de Lepper -- 6. Organizational aspects of geographical information systems / David W. Heath -- 7. Data aspects of geographical information systems / J. Maes and M. H. Cornaert -- 8. Spatial analysis in health research / Wim Douven and Henk J. Scholten -- 9. Strategies for the use of geography in epidemiological analysis / Andrew Westlake --

10. Analysing spatial patterns of disease: some issues in the mapping of incidence data for relatively rare conditions / Peter Brown, Alexander Hirschfield and John Marsden -- 11. The exploration of the possible relationship between deaths, births and air pollution in Scottish towns / Owen L. Lloyd -- 12. Road traffic accidents involving children in north-east England / Simon Raybould and Sean Walsh -- 13. Geographical software applications for health sector planning: experiences from a study for famine management / Debarati Guha-Sapir -- 14. Geographical information systems: a new tool in the fight against schistosomiasis / Steven S. Yoon -- 15. Geographical information systems and spatial epidemiology: modelling the possible association between cancer of the larynx and incineration in north-west England / Anthony C. Gatrell and Christine E. Dunn --

16. The potential role of geographical information systems technology in air toxics risk assessment, communication and management / T. J. Moore -- 17. Spatial information to make a difference: value added decision-making in the health sector with geographical information systems / William E. Bertrand and Nancy B. Mock -- 18. The long-term potential of geographical information systems for epidemiology / Simon Raybould, Jacqueline Nicol, Anna Cross and Mike Coombes -- 19. Geographical information systems in organizations: some conditions for their effective utilization / Ian Masser and Heather Campbell -- 20. Building a geographical information system in the European Community: the CORINE experience / David J. Briggs -- 21. Implementing a global geographical information system for modelling sustainable environmental quality: the critical load experience / Evert N. Meijer, Jean-Paul Hettelingh and Paul Padding --

22. Development of a health and environmental geographical information system for the European Region - WHO Regional Office for Europe / D. J. Briggs, R. M. Stern, Marion J. C. de Lepper and Henk J. Scholten -- Annex I The European Charter on Environment and Health.