Conclusion

This volume documents the tremendous amount of research focusing on the spatial aspect of health and disease. The copious references from the chapters attest to this dynamic and rigorous interface among spatial statistics, geographic information systems, and remote sensing. Further, more references have been brought together in the “Master GIS/RS Bibliographic Resource Guide” to provide one of the most comprehensive bibliographies on the subject. Each of the substantive chapters provides an organizing structure that functions as the “glue” that helps put together this large volume of research or “pieces” of the “puzzle.”