| タイトル | The Use of GIS and Remotely Sensed Data in Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT): The HELIX-Atlanta Experience |
| 著者（英） | Sinclair, Amber H.; Adeniyi, Kafayat A.; Al-Hamdan, Mohammad Z.; Rickman, Douglas L.; Tolsma, Dennis D.; Crosson, William L.; Estes, Maurice G., Jr.; Qualters, Judith R.; Quattrochi, Dale A.; Limaye, Ashutosh S.; Watts, Carol |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2007-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | As part of the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN), the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is leading a project in collaboration with the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA/MSFC) called Health and Environment Linked for Information Exchange (HELIX-Atlanta). HELIX-Atlanta's goal is to examine the feasibility of building an integrated electronic health and environmental data network in five counties of metropolitan Atlanta, GA. Under HELIX-Atlanta, pilot projects are being conducted to develop methods to characterize exposure; link health and environmental data; analyze the relationship between health and environmental factors; and communicate findings. There is evidence in the research literature that asthmatic persons are at increased risk of developing asthma exacerbations with exposure to environmental factors, including PM(sub 2.5). Thus, HELIX-Atlanta is focusing on methods for characterizing population exposure to PM(sub 2.5) for the Atlanta metropolitan area that could be used in ongoing surveillance. NASA/MSFC is working with CDC to combine NASA earth science satellite observations related to air quality and environmental monitoring data to model surface estimates of fine particulate matter (PM(sub 2.5)) concentrations in a Geographic Information System (GIS) that can be linked with clinic visits for asthma on the aggregated grid level as well as the individual level at the geographic locations of the patients' residences. |
| NASA分類 | Earth Resources and Remote Sensing |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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