Conducting an HIA of the effect of accession to the European Union on national agriculture and food policy in Slovenia

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-188

  Lock, Karen ^a   Gabrijelcic Blenkus, Mojca ^b   Martuzzi, Marco ^c   Otorepec, Peter ^b   Kuhar, Ales ^d   Robertson, Aileen ^e   Wallace, Paul ^f   Dora, Carlos ^g   Zakotnic, Jozica Maucec ^h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^c WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h MINISTRY OF CULTURE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Common Agricultural Policy; Intersectoral policy; Rapid appraisal workshops

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY;

HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT (HIA);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT; PLANNING METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0842306389     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2003.10.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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