Additional Publications

Book Chapters

Root, ED and Emch, ME.  (in press) The Ecology of Injuries in Matlab, Bangladesh. In Eds. King, B and Crews, K. Ecologies and Politics of Health. Routledge Press.

Emch, M. and Giebultowicz, S. (in press) Epidemiological Map, In (Ed.) Monmonier, M. Volume Six: Cartography in the Twentieth Century, University of Chicago Press.

Emch M. and Carrel M. (2011) Neighborhoods and Environmental Determinants of Infectious Diseases. In: Nriagu JO (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, volume 4, pp. 64–71 Burlington: Elsevier.

Root, E.D. and Emch, M. (2011) Regional Environmental Patterns of Diarrheal Disease in Bangladesh: A Spatial Analytical and Multilevel Approach. In Eds. Maantay, J and McLafferty, S. Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health Springer-Verlag.

Papers

Dahly, D; Emch, M; Gordon Larsen, P; Adair, L. (submitted) Urbanicity predicts spatial clusters of overweight and obesity among young adults in Cebu, Philippines.

Knappett, P;  McKay, LD; Layton, A; Williams, DE; Alam, MJ; Huq, MR; Mey, J; Feighery, JE; Culligan, PJ;  Mailloux, MJ; Zhuang, J; Escamilla, V; Emch, M; Perfect, E; Sayler, GS; Ahmed, KM; van Geen, A. (submitted) Fecal contamination of shallow groundwater modulated by the geological setting of ponds.

Mason, SM; Kaufman, JS; Daniels, JL; Emch ME; Hogan, VK; Savitz, DA. (2011) Black preterm birth risk in non-black neighborhoods: effects of Hispanic, Asian, and non-Hispanic White ethnic densities. Annals of Epidemiology. 21(8): 631-638. link to article

Kalkbrenner, A; Daniels, J; Emch, M; Morrissey, J; Poole, C; Chen, J-C (2011) Geographic access to health services and autism diagnosis. Annals of Epidemiology. 21: 304–310.

Mason, SM; Kaufman, JS; Daniels, JL; Emch ME; Hogan, VK; Savitz, DA. (2011) Neighborhood ethnic density and preterm birth across seven ethnic groups in New York City. Health & Place. 17(1): 280-288. link to article

Root, ED; Meyer, R; Emch, M. (2011) Socioeconomic context and gastroschisis: exploring associations at various geographic scales. Social Science & Medicine. 72(4): 625-633. link to article

Tan, N; Messina, J; Yang, L-G;  Yang, B; Emch, M; Chen, X-S; Cohen, M; Tucker, JD (2011) A spatial analysis of county-level variation in syphilis and gonorrhea in Guangdong Province, China. PLoS One. 6(5): e19648. link to article

DiMaggio, C; Galeo, S; and Emch, M. (2010) Spatial proximity and the risk of psychopathology after a terrorist attack. Psychiatry Research. 176: 55-61. link to article

Kalkbrenner, A; Daniels, J; Chen, J-C; Poole, C; Emch, M; Morrissey, J. (2010) Perinatal exposure to hazardous air pollutants and autism spectrum disorders at age 8. Epidemiology. 21(5): 631-641. link to article

Mason, SM; Kaufman, JS; Daniels, JL; Emch ME; Hogan, VK; Savitz, DA. (2010) Ethnic density and preterm birth in African-, Caribbean-, and US-born Non-Hispanic Black populations in New York City. American Journal of Epidemiology. 172(7): 800-808. link to article

Porter, K; Thomas, J; Emch, M. (2010) Variations in the effect of incarceration on community gonorrhea rates, 2005-2006. Journal of STD and AIDS. 21(1): 34-38.

Root, ED; Emch, M. (2010) Tracing drinking water to its source: an ecological study of the relationship between textile mills and gastroschisis in North Carolina. Health & Place. 71(8): 794-802. link to article

Root, ED; Meyer, R; Emch, M. (2009) Evidence of localized clustering of gastroschisis births in North Carolina, 1999-2004. Social Science & Medicine. 68: 1361-1367. link to article

Emch, M; Peterson, M. (2006) Mangrove forest cover change in the Bangladesh sundarbans from 1989-2000: a remote sensing approach. Geocarto International. 21(1): 5-12. link to article

Ali, M; Park, JK; Thiem, D; von Seidlein, L; Canh, D; Emch, ME; Clemens JD. (2005) Neighborhood size and local geographic variation of health events: using Hartley’s Test of Homogeneity to select optimal neighborhood size. International Journal of Health Geographics. 4:12.

Emch, M; Quinn, J; Peterson, M; Alexander, M. (2005) Forest cover change in the Toledo District, Belize from 1975 to 1999: a remote sensing perspective. The Professional Geographer. 57(2): 256-267. link to article

Ali, M; Wagatsuma, Y; Emch, M; Breiman, RF.  (2003) Use of a geographic information system for defining spatial risk for dengue transmission in Bangladesh: role for Aedes Albopictus in an urban outbreak. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 69: 634-640. link to article

Emch, ME. (2003) The human ecology of Mayan cacao farming in the Toledo District, Belize. Human Ecology.  31(1): 111-131. link to article

Ali, M; Emch, ME; Donnay, JP. (2002) Spatial filtering using a raster geographic information system: methods for scaling health and environmental data. Health & Place. 8(2): 85-92. link to article

Salim, MD; Strauss, T; Emch, M. (2002) A GIS-integrated intelligent system for optimization of asset management for maintenance of roads and bridges. Developments in Applied Artificial Intelligence. 2358: 183-205. link to article

Ali, M; Emch, M; Ashley, C; Streatfield, PK. (2001) Implementation of a medical geographic information system: concepts and uses. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 19(2): 100-110. link to article

Ali, M; Emch, ME; Tofail, M; Baqui, AH. (2001) Implications of health care provision on acute lower respiratory infection mortality in Bangladeshi children. Social Science and Medicine. 52(2): 267-277. link to article

Presentations

Feighery, J; Culligan, P; Ferguson, AS; Mailloux, BJ; McKay, LD; Ahmed, K; Alam, M; Huq, M; Emch, M; Serre, ML; Yunus, M; van Geen, A. "Comparing Laboratory Column Test Treatments with Field Profiles of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Virus from Concentrated Source Areas." American Geophysical Union Annual Meetings, San Francisco, California. 12/13/10.

Root, ED; Emch, M. “Evidence for Neighborhood Effects on Health: The Case of Birth Defects in North Carolina.” International Medical Geography Symposium, Hamilton, Ontario. 7/14/09.

Emch, ME. Conference Kickoff Lecture, “Spatial Introduction: Incorporating Spatial, Environmental, and Social Network Analysis in Disease Research.” Capturing Context: Bridging Spatial and Network Analyses, Columbia University, New York. 6/12/09.

Kalkbrenner, AE; Daniels, JL; Poole, CL; Chen, JC; Emch, M. “Accessibility of Health Services and Age at Autism Diagnosis.” International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, Illinois. 5/8/09.

Lutgendorf, C; Schroeder, J; Smith, G; Mohler, J; Emch, ME. “Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness, Race and Pesticides in North Carolina: The PCaP Geographic Information Study (PCaP-GIS).” American Public Health Association 135th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 11/05/07.

Emch, ME.  “Satellite Image Processing Methods for Measuring Mangrove Forest Cover Change in Bangladesh from 1989-2000.” Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3/7/03.

Emch, ME.  “Measuring Land-Use/Cover Change in the Toledo District, Belize from 1975-2000 Using Landsat Imagery.” American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and American Congress of Surveying and Mapping, Washington, DC. 4/23/02.

Emch, ME; Yasmin, N. “Measuring Water Quality in Iowa Lakes Using Satellite Imagery.” 11^th Annual Iowa Space Grant Consortium, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshalltown, Iowa. 12/7/01.

Emch, ME; Peterson, M. “A Comparison of Maximum Likelihood and Sub-Pixel Classifiers for Measuring Mangrove Forest Cover in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh.” 5^th Biennial Iowa GIS Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 10/05/01.

Johnson, R; Emch, ME. “STORM Remote Sensing Project Satellite Image Distribution.” 5^th Biennial Iowa GIS Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 10/04/01.

Quinn, J; Emch, ME. “Using Remote Sensing Methods to Assess Land Cover Change: A Case Study of Casey Lake Watershed, Tama County, Iowa.” 5^th Biennial Iowa GIS Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 10/04/01.

Emch, ME. “Using Radar and Optical Image Processing to Measure Mangrove Deforestation in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh.” American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, St. Louis, Missouri. 4/25/01.

Emch, ME; Strauss, T. “Using GPS Survey Data and Satellite Imagery for Rural Transportation Planning in Bangladesh.” American Congress of Surveying and Mapping Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada. 3/20/01.

Emch, ME. “Deforestation in Bangladesh.” American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Washington, DC. 5/22/00.

Ali, M; Emch, ME; Tofail, F; Baqui, A. “Implications of Health Care Provision on Acute Lower Respiratory Infection Mortality in Bangladeshi Children.” International Health Geographics Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. 3/18/00.

Emch, ME. “Infrastructure Planning in Rural Bangladesh: Integrating Global Positioning Survey Data, Population Census Information, Digital Elevation Models, and Radar Imagery.” American Congress of Surveying and Mapping Annual Convention, Portland, Oregon. 3/15/99.

Hoque, M; Emch, M; and Islam, A. “Potential Applications of Remote Sensing in the Coastal Environmental Management of Bangladesh.” International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Singapore. 8/7/97. 

Emch, ME. “The Use of Spatial Autocorrelation in Environmental Health Modeling: A Methodological Exploration.” Symposium on GIS in Medical Geography, The British Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sponsored by University of Durham (United Kingdom) and Dhaka University. 12/5/96.

Emch, ME. “Agricultural Development in Southern Belize.” Association of American Geographers, San Diego, California. 4/20/92.