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.

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Computer systems capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information, i.e. data identified according to their locations.

Descriptor ID	D040362
MeSH Number(s)	L01.313.500.750.300.314 L01.470.750.750.462
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Geographic Information Systems".

Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Informatics [L01.313]
Medical Informatics [L01.313.500]
Medical Informatics Applications [L01.313.500.750]
Information Systems [L01.313.500.750.300]
Geographic Information Systems [L01.313.500.750.300.314]
Information Storage and Retrieval [L01.470]
Databases as Topic [L01.470.750]
Databases, Factual [L01.470.750.750]
Geographic Information Systems [L01.470.750.750.462]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Geographic Information Systems".

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Bar chart showing 18 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	0	1

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Burdick KJ, Rees CA, Lee LK, Monuteaux MC, Mannix R, Mills D, Hirsh MP, Fleegler EW. Racial & ethnic disparities in geographic access to critical care in the United States: A geographic information systems analysis. PLoS One. 2023; 18(11):e0287720.

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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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Buda A, Dean O, Adams HR, Mwanza-Kabaghe S, Potchen MJ, Mbewe EG, Kabundula PP, Mweemba M, Matoka B, Mathews M, Menon JA, Wang B, Birbeck GL, Bearden DR. Neighborhood-Based Socioeconomic Determinants of Cognitive Impairment in Zambian Children With HIV: A Quantitative Geographic Information Systems Approach. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Dec 31; 10(12):1071-1079.

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Henning A, McLaughlin C, Armen S, Allen S. Socio-spatial influences on the prevalence of COVID-19 in central Pennsylvania. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2021 06; 37:100411.

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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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Minnings K, Fiore M, Mosco M, Ferguson R, Leatherman S, Kerns E, Kaufman J, Fiore M, Brooks D, Amador JJ, Paulsen H, Ernstberger Z, Trejo B, Sullivan E, Lichtman A, Nobil K, Lawlor M, Parker C, Parekh R, Fiore L. The Rivas Cohort Study: design and baseline characteristics of a Nicaraguan cohort. BMC Nephrol. 2016 07 25; 17:93.

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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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