Integrating human health into environmental impact assessment: Case studies of Canada's northern mining resource sector

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-405

  Noble, Bram F ^a   Bronson, Jackie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Environmental impact assessment; Health; Integration; Mining; North

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; MINING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 31844442604     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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