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DOI	10.4081/jphr.2017.886
	Spatial scale in environmental risk mapping: A Valley fever case study
	Brown, Heidi E.; Mu, Wangshu; Khan, Mohammed; Tsang, Clarisse; Liu, Jian; Tong, Daoqin
通讯作者	Brown, HE
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
ISSN	2279-9028
EISSN	2279-9036
出版年	2017
卷号	6 期号:2 页码:93-99
英文摘要	Background. Valley fever is a fungal infection occurring in desert regions of the U.S. and Central and South America. Environmental risk mapping for this disease is hampered by challenges with detection, case reporting, and diagnostics as well as challenges common to spatial data handling. Design and Methods. Using 12,349 individual cases in Arizona from 2006 to 2009, we analyzed risk factors at both the individual and area levels. Results. Risk factors including elderly population, income status, soil organic carbon, and density of residential area were found to be positively associated with residence of Valley fever cases. A negative association was observed for distance to desert and pasture/hay land cover. The association between incidence and two land cover variables (shrub and cultivated crop lands) varied depending on the spatial scale of the analysis. Conclusions. The consistence of age, income, population density, and proximity to natural areas supports that these are important predictors of Valley fever risk. However, the inconsistency of the land cover variables across scales highlights the importance of how scale is treated in risk mapping.
英文关键词	mapping GIS uncertainty Valley fever
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold, Green Published
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000412448500004
WOS关键词	COCCIDIOIDES-IMMITIS ; ECOLOGY ; CONSTRUCTION ; CALIFORNIA ; SOIL
WOS类目	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
来源机构	University of Arizona
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/332307
作者单位	[Brown, Heidi E.] Univ Arizona, Coll Publ Hlth, Tucson, AZ USA; [Mu, Wangshu; Tong, Daoqin] Univ Arizona, Sch Geog & Dev, Tucson, AZ USA; [Khan, Mohammed; Tsang, Clarisse] Arizona Dept Hlth, Off Infect Dis Serv Infect Dis Epidemiol & Survei, Phoenix, AZ USA; [Liu, Jian] Univ Arizona, Dept Engn, Tucson, AZ USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Brown, Heidi E.,Mu, Wangshu,Khan, Mohammed,et al. Spatial scale in environmental risk mapping: A Valley fever case study[J]. University of Arizona,2017,6(2):93-99.
APA	Brown, Heidi E.,Mu, Wangshu,Khan, Mohammed,Tsang, Clarisse,Liu, Jian,&Tong, Daoqin.(2017).Spatial scale in environmental risk mapping: A Valley fever case study.JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH,6(2),93-99.
MLA	Brown, Heidi E.,et al."Spatial scale in environmental risk mapping: A Valley fever case study".JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH 6.2(2017):93-99.