Background Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infections are a major cause for liver diseases. A large
proportion of these infections remain hidden to care due to its mostly asymptomatic nature …

Past urban research on Western nations tends to show high suicide rates in inner city and
socioeconomically deprived areas. However, little is known about geographic variations in …

Background: This study quantifies the spatiotemporal risk of pedestrian and bicyclist injury in
New York City at the census tract level over a recent 10-year period, identifies areas of …

Background: This study aimed to estimate the magnitude of geographical variation in
dementia rates and suggest explanations for this variation. Small-area studies are scarce …

Purpose This study aims to explore the geographical distribution of burn injuries in Greater
London and the association of socioeconomic factors in areas at risk. Methods Data on burn …

Disease mapping aims to determine the underlying disease risk scattered from health data.
This methodology enables to represent this disease risk by a gradation of colours on a map …

Abstract The System for Early-warning based on Emergency Data (SEED) is a pilot project to
evaluate the use of emergency call data with the main complaint acute undifferentiated fever …

Background: One of the most prevalent cancers in whole world is skin cancer and its
prevalence is growing. The present research sought to estimate relative risk of morbidity and …

This timely and groundbreaking work demonstrates how to develop models of vector-borne
disease risks based on different environmental and socioeconomic variables and to assess …

Objectives Recent studies have suggested the occurrence patterns and related diet factor of
esophagus cancer (EC) and gastric cancer (GC). Incidence of these cancers was mapped …