Meeting report: National workshops for the communication of air pollution and health information: Summary of four workshops in different regions of Europe

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1108-1112

  Sanderson, Eric Gordon ^a   Fudge, Nina ^b   Totlandsdal, Annike Irene ^b   Hovelynck, Ingrid ^c   Korbee, Herbert ^c   Rameckers, Edith ^d   Brunekreef, Bert ^a   van Bree, Leendert ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c Korbee and Hovelynck BV   (Netherlands)

^d EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air pollution and health; Communication; Stakeholders; Thematic network

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUNGARY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; WORKSHOP;

AIR POLLUTION; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 33745777788     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8524     Document Type: Article

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