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STUDY ON SYSTEMATIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL MEDICINE FOR ADULT DISEASES.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 60570262
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 公衆衛生学
Research InstitutionSHOWA UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

ANZAI SADAMU  SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SHOWA UNIVERSITY, 医学部, 教授 (30150642)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKASAKI YUJI  SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SHOWA UNIVERSITY, 医学部, 助手 (40117297)
MIURA YOSHIHIKO  SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SHOWA UNIVERSITY, 医学部, 助手 (10143421)
IMADA YOSHIO  SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SHOWA UNIVERSIRY, 医学部, 講師 (30151674)
Project Period (FY) 1985 – 1986
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1986)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1985: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
KeywordsGeographical Medicine / Geographical Pathology / Medical Geography / Geography of Health / Adult Diseases / Maps
Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to review the methodology and applications of geographical medicine for adult diseases. The following points were mainly discussed.
1. Conception of adult diseases and its epidemiologic trend.
2. Mapping techniques of disease distribution developed by previous investigators.
3. Materials and methods to analyze and present etiological factors.
The noninfectious and chronic diseases, such as ischaemic heart disease, malignant neoplasm and cerebrovascular disease, are generally called as adult diseases in Japan. Synthetic studies are needed to cope with adult diseases, since they are suspected to be closely related to multiple factors. Then, it is available to investigate the etiology from the view point of geographical medicine which deals with environmental, biological and socioeconomic problems. Distribution maps of mortality, morbidity and related epidemiologic factors have been produced by many investigators using dot, choropleth, demographic and probability maps. Appearance of computer expanded mapping abilities, and epidemiologic data began to be extensively employed through computational database. During 1970s computer cartography in geographical medicine became popular. Widespread of microcomputers during the late 1970s and early 1980s enabled us to analyze the data more easily. However, although the leading causes of death are now adult diseases in developed countries, there are not so many literatures geographically studied on these diseases and further investigations are necessary.

Report

(1 results)
  • 1986 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 1987-03-31   Modified: 2019-02-20  

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