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geography of disease  

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  • Waldo Tobler's first law of geography states that things closer in space are more similar than things farther apart in space. Thus, it is no surprise that disease burdens, often measured by disease rates, create spatial patterns in their distribution and spread. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Disease, Geography of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-PMKX8G1W-Z

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