Assessing health impact assessment: Multidisciplinary and international perspectives

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 659-662

  Krieger, N ^a   Northridge, M ^b   Gruskin, S ^a   Quinn, M ^c   Kriebel, D ^c   Smith, G Davey ^d   Bassett, M ^e   Rehkopf, D H ^a   Miller, C ^a   Badgett, L ^f   Birn, A E ^g   Braveman, P ^h   Breilh, J ⁱ   Carter, P ^a   Epstein, P ^j   Koch Weser, S ^a   Kunitz, S ^k   Lynch, J ^l   Maluwa, M ^m   Marks, S ^a   McMichael, T ⁿ   Pitanguy, J ^o   K Sundari Ravindran, T K ^p   Sclar, E ^b   Sihlongonyana, F ^q   Scott Samuel, A ^r   Shaw, M ^d   Tarantola, D ^p   Victora, C ^s   Wolfson, M C ^t   more..

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Centro de Estudios y Asesoria en Salud   (Ecuador)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^m UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

ⁿ AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o CEPIA   (Brazil)

^p WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^r UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^s FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^t STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041817957     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.9.659     Document Type: Article

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