 Geographic Information Systems
"Geographic Information Systems" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Computer systems capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations.
| Descriptor ID |
D040362
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.470.750.750.462 L01.700.508.300.314
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| Concept/Terms |
Geographic Information Systems- Geographic Information Systems
- Geographic Information System
- Information System, Geographic
- Information Systems, Geographic
Global Positioning Systems- Global Positioning Systems
- Positioning System, Global
- Positioning Systems, Global
- System, Global Positioning
- Systems, Global Positioning
- Global Positioning System
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Geographic Information Systems" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Geographic Information Systems" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geographic Information Systems" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Burus T, Martinez J, DelNero P, Pepper S, Ratnayake I, Oh DL, McNair C, Krebill H, Mudaranthakam DP. Interinstitutional Approach to Advancing Geospatial Technologies for US Cancer Centers. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2024 Aug; 8:e2400099.
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Appolon G, Tang S, Gabriel N, Morales J, Berenbrok LA, LaCroix AZ, Guo J, Mathis WS, Hernandez I. Racial and ethnic inequities in spatial access to pharmacies: A?geographic information system analysis. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2024 Jul-Aug; 64(4):102131.
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Li W, Winter PL, Milburn LA, Padgett PE. A dual-method approach toward measuring the built environment - sampling optimization, validity, and efficiency of using GIS and virtual auditing. Health Place. 2021 01; 67:102482.
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Schootman M, Perez M, Schootman JC, Fu Q, McVay A, Margenthaler J, Colditz GA, Kreuter MW, Jeffe DB. Influence of built environment on quality of life changes in African-American patients with non-metastatic breast cancer. Health Place. 2020 05; 63:102333.
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Nelson EJ, Loux T, Arnold LD, Siddiqui ST, Schootman M. Obtaining contextually relevant geographic data using Facebook recruitment in public health studies. Health Place. 2019 01; 55:37-42.
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Schootman M, Gomez SL, Henry KA, Paskett ED, Ellison GL, Oh A, Taplin SH, Tatalovich Z, Berrigan DA. Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 04; 26(4):472-475.
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Schootman M, Nelson EJ, Werner K, Shacham E, Elliott M, Ratnapradipa K, Lian M, McVay A. Emerging technologies to measure neighborhood conditions in public health: implications for interventions and next steps. Int J Health Geogr. 2016 06 23; 15(1):20.
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