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Within the framework of the National Environmental Health Action Programme of Hungary (NEHAP) (Pinter 1996) a health environmental geographic information system (HEGIS) has been developed in the National Institute of Environmental Health. The aim of this system was to evaluate the association between health and environmental data, in order to track spatial and temporal changes and thus to provide a basis for planning of health risk reduction and intervention programmes (Gordon and Womersley 1997).
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Nádor, G., Páldy, A., Zsámboki-Bakacs, M., Pintér, A., Vincze, I. (2002). Geographical Aspects of Mortality and Morbidity Data in Hungary: A GIS Analysis. In: Briggs, D.J., Forer, P., Järup, L., Stern, R. (eds) GIS for Emergency Preparedness and Health Risk Reduction. NATO Science Series, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0616-3_17
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