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medical geography  

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  • Medical geography, also known as health geography, is the application of geographical methods and techniques to the study of health. Research in medical geography has as wide a reach as research in the health sciences to address issues of disability, access to health care, parasitology, the spatial distribution of cancer cases, and the diffusion of diseases. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Medical Geography]

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