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) |
L01.313.500.750.300.314 L01.470.750.750.462
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| Concept/Terms |
Geographic Information Systems- Geographic Information Systems
- Geographic Information System
- Information System, Geographic
- Information Systems, Geographic
- Geographical Information Systems
- Geographical Information System
- Information System, Geographical
- Information Systems, Geographical
- System, Geographical Information
- Systems, Geographical Information
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geographic Information Systems" by people in Profiles.
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Burdick KJ, Lee LK, Mannix R, Monuteaux MC, Hirsh MP, Fleegler EW. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Pediatric Trauma Centers in the United States: A Geographic Information Systems Analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 03; 81(3):325-333.
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Lai JT, Chapman BP, Carreiro SP, Babu KM, Boyer EW, Chai PR. Understanding Naloxone Uptake from an Emergency Department Distribution Program Using a Low-Energy Bluetooth Real-time Location System. J Med Toxicol. 2020 10; 16(4):405-415.
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Asgarzadeh M, Verma S, Mekary RA, Courtney TK, Christiani DC. The role of intersection and street design on severity of bicycle-motor vehicle crashes. Inj Prev. 2017 06; 23(3):179-185.
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Alam N, Ahmad SR, Qadir A, Ashraf MI, Lakhan C, Lakhan VC. Use of statistical and GIS techniques to assess and predict concentrations of heavy metals in soils of Lahore City, Pakistan. Environ Monit Assess. 2015 Oct; 187(10):636.
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Boone-Heinonen J, Howard AG, Meyer K, Lewis CE, Kiefe CI, Laroche HH, Gunderson EP, Gordon-Larsen P. Marriage and parenthood in relation to obesogenic neighborhood trajectories: The CARDIA study. Health Place. 2015 Jul; 34:229-40.
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Richardson AS, Meyer KA, Howard AG, Boone-Heinonen J, Popkin BM, Evenson KR, Kiefe CI, Lewis CE, Gordon-Larsen P. Neighborhood socioeconomic status and food environment: a 20-year longitudinal latent class analysis among CARDIA participants. Health Place. 2014 Nov; 30:145-53.
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Ganz A, Schafer JM, Yang Z, Yi J, Lord G, Ciottone G. Mobile DIORAMA-II: infrastructure less information collection system for mass casualty incidents. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014; 2014:2682-5.
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Ram?rez AS, Finney Rutten LJ, Vanderpool RC, Moser RP, Hesse BW. Correlates and geographic patterns of knowledge that physical activity decreases cancer risk. J Prim Prev. 2013 Apr; 34(1-2):31-9.
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Saadeh FB, Clark MA, Rogers ML, Linkletter CD, Phipps MG, Padbury JF, Vivier PM. Pregnant and moving: understanding residential mobility during pregnancy and in the first year of life using a prospective birth cohort. Matern Child Health J. 2013 Feb; 17(2):330-43.
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Aelion CM, Davis HT, Lawson AB, Cai B, McDermott S. Associations of estimated residential soil arsenic and lead concentrations and community-level environmental measures with mother-child health conditions in South Carolina. Health Place. 2012 Jul; 18(4):774-81.