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Road traffic accidents are a very serious cause of morbidity (and mortality) among children. The data are therefore worthy of examination, and in addition the nature of the data lends itself to geographical information system (GIS) analysis. The data for north-east England are analysed in this chapter, using very simple GIS techniques. Some interesting results are presented, which are used to illustrate the utility of GIS analysis of data in the field of health and environment, even when using the most basic of techniques. The caveats of the work and the data are also discussed.
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Raybould, S., Walsh, S. (1995). Road Traffic Accidents Involving Children in North-East England. In: De Lepper, M.J.C., Scholten, H.J., Stern, R.M. (eds) The Added Value of Geographical Information Systems in Public and Environmental Health. The GeoJournal Library, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-31560-7_12
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