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Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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Spatial Analysis Methods for Asbestos Exposure Research

석면노출연구를 위한 공간분석기법

  • Kim, Ju-Young (Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Environmental Health Center for Asbestos) ;
  • Kang, Dong-Mug (Pusan National University, School of Medicine, Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine)
  • 김주영 (양산부산대학교병원 석면환경보건센터) ;
  • 강동묵 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학 및 산업의학교실)
  • Received : 2012.10.24
  • Accepted : 2012.10.29
  • Published : 2012.10.31
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Abstract

Objectives: Spatial analysis is useful for understanding complicated causal relationships. This paper focuses trends and appling methods for spatial analysis associated with environmental asbestos exposure. Methods: Literature review and reflection of experience of authors were conducted to know academic background of spatial analysis, appling methods on epidemiology and asbestos exposure. Results: Spatial analysis based on spatial autocorrelation provides a variety of methods through which to conduct mapping, cluster analysis, diffusion, interpolation, and identification. Cause of disease occurrence can be investigated through spatial analysis. Appropriate methods can be applied according to contagiousness and continuity. Spatial analysis for asbestos exposure source is needed to study asbestos related diseases. Although a great amount of research has used spatial analysis to study exposure assessment and distribution of disease occurrence, these studies tend to focus on the construction of a thematic map without different forms of analysis. Recently, spatial analysis has been advanced by merging with web tools, mobile computing, statistical packages, social network analysis, and big data. Conclusions: Because the trend in spatial analysis has evolved from simple marking into a variety of forms of analyses, environmental researchers including asbestos exposure study are required to be aware of recent trends.

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