Wellbeing, health and geography: A critical review and research agenda

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-118

  Fleuret, Sebastien ^a   Atkinson, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Policy; Research agenda; Theory; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; THEORY;

EID: 34447336934     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2007.00093.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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