The 6/94 gap in health impact assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 349-358

  Erlanger, Tobias E ^a   Krieger, Gary R ^b   Singer, Burton H ^c   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b NewFields   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Developing countries; Extractive industry; Health impact assessment; Systematic review; Water resources development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER RESOURCES;

EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; GAS INDUSTRY; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MINING INDUSTRY; MITIGATION; OIL INDUSTRY; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 41749118974     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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