Vector fields of risk: A new approach to the geographical representation of childhood asthma

One of the major challenges in health studies with a spatial dimension is to produce valid and meaningful geographical representations of risk.

Authors:
Pereira G, De Vos AJ, Cook A, D'Arcy J Holman C.

Authors notes:
Health Place. 2010 Jan;16(1):140-6. Epub 2009 Sep 18.

Keywords:
Vector fields of risk, new approach, geographical representation, childhood asthma

Abstract:
One of the major challenges in health studies with a spatial dimension is to produce valid and meaningful geographical representations of risk. This issue has arisen in our research on childhood asthma and proximity to traffic in Perth, Western Australia.